Methanogenic sarcina from an anaerobic microbial community degrading p-toluene sulfonate

Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 490-495

  Shcherbakova, V A ^a   Laurinavichyu, K S ^a   Lysenko, A M ^b   Suzina, N E ^a   Akimenko, V K ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation; Aromatic compounds; Demethylation; Methanogenic bacteria; Methanosarcina mazei

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; SARCINA;

EID: 3543015613     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025009226528     Document Type: Article

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