Isolation and characterization of a Rhodococcus strain with phenol-degrading ability and its potential use for tannery effluent biotreatment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3430-3439

  Paisio, Cintia E ^a   Talano, Melina A ^a   González, Paola S ^a   Busto, Víctor D ^b   Talou, Julián Rodríguez ^b   Agostini, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Bioremediation; Catechol 1,2 dioxygenase; Phenol removal; Phenol tolerance; Tannery effluents

Indexed keywords

PHENOL; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHENOL; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; GENETICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOL; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84865560122     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0870-8     Document Type: Article

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