Toxic effect of methyl tert-butyl ether on growth of soil isolate Pseudomonas veronii T1/1

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 875-878

  Bartos, Péter ^a   Balázs, Margit ^a   Kiss, István ^a   Bihari, Zoltán ^a   Kelemen, Olga ^a   Mécs, Imre ^a  

^a BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Growth inhibition; MTBE; Pseudomonas; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH KINETICS; SOILS;

GROWTH INHIBITION; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER (MTBE);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS VERONII;

EID: 42549094894     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9540-2     Document Type: Article

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