Degradation of polyurethane by novel bacterial consortium isolated from soil

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Shah, Aamer Ali ^a   Hasan, Fariha ^a   Akhter, Javed Iqbal ^b   Hameed, Abdul ^a   Ahmed, Safia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy; Polyurethane; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 53949102679     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175532     Document Type: Article

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