Fungal communities associated with degradation of polyester polyurethane in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5817-5824

  Cosgrove, Lee ^a   McGeechan, Paula L ^b   Robson, Geoff D ^a   Handley, Pauline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Arch UK Biocides Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; PH EFFECTS; POLYESTERS; POLYURETHANES; SOILS;

GEOMYCES PANNORUM; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES;

FUNGI;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYESTER; POLYURETHAN;

BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEOMYCES PANNORUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOMA; SANDY LOAM; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYESTERS; POLYURETHANES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI; GEOMYCES PANNORUM; PHOMA;

EID: 34648825061     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01083-07     Document Type: Article

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