Rapid biodegradation of benzo[a]pyrene by bacillus subtilis BUM under thermophilic condition

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 939-945

  Zhao, Zhenyong ^a   Wong, Jonathan Woon Chung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis BUM; biodegradation; composting; Mycobacterium vanbaalenii BU42; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BENZO [A] PYRENE; BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; DEGRADATION RATE; MESOPHILES; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII BU42; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS; THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMOVAL; SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII; SOIL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII;

EID: 78650134478     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0101     Document Type: Article

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