Recent Developments in the Study of Microbial Aerobic Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Kimbara, Kazuhide ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biodegradation; crystal structure; genome; polychlorinated biphenyls; thermophile

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949108718     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.127     Document Type: Article

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