Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls: Biochemical and molecular features

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 433-449

  Furukawa, Kensuke ^a   Fujihara, Hidehiko ^a  

^a BEPPU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biphenyl; biphenyl dioxygenase; bph genes; dechlorination; degradation; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Pseudomonas; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULES; POLLUTION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SULFATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR FEATURES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; HYDROLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADABILITY; BPH GENE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 44949152579     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.105.433     Document Type: Article

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