Anaerobic degradation of non-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-414

  Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a   Mouttaki, Housna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENZYME REACTION; LIVING ORGANISMS; MODEL COMPOUND;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BIOLOGY; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIZATION;

2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THAUERA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; NAPHTHALENES; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 79957985337     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.02.009     Document Type: Review

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