Fungal biodegradation of hard coal by a newly reported isolate, Neosartorya fischeri

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1407-1416

  Igbinigie, Eric E ^a   Aktins, Simon ^a   van Breugel, Yvonne ^a   van Dyke, Susan ^a   Davies Coleman, Michael T ^a   Rose, Peter D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biosolubilization; Depolymerization; Hard coal; Neosartorya fischeri

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC STRUCTURES; BIODEGRADATION PRODUCTS; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; BIOSOLUBILIZATION; CHRYSOSPORIUM; COAL MINING AREAS; COAL SURFACES; CYNODON DACTYLON; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS; FIXED-BED BIOREACTORS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRIES; FUNGAL SPECIES; HARD COAL; MINE REHABILITATIONS; MUTUALISTIC INTERACTIONS; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; REACTION MECHANISMS; ROOT ZONES; SCREENING PROGRAMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES;

ANTHRACITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; SPECTROMETERS;

BIODEGRADATION;

COAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DEUTEROMYCETES; FIXED BED REACTOR; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POLYPORUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COAL; CYNODON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NEOSARTORYA; PHANEROCHAETE; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SYMBIOSIS; TRAMETES;

CYNODON DACTYLON; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 62549099976     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800227     Document Type: Article

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