Polyester-polyurethane biodegradation by Alternaria solani, isolated from northern Jordan

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-170

  Ibrahim, Ibrahim N ^a   Maraqa, Anwar ^b   Hameed, Khalid M ^b   Saadoun, Ismail M ^a   Maswadeh, Hamzah M ^b   Nakajima Kambe, Toshiaki ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternaria solani; Degradation; Polyester polyurethane; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; FUNGI;

EID: 77955648688     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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