Biodegradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol by heterotrophic bacteria

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-22

  Larcher, Simone ^a   Yargeau, Viviane ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol (EE2); Biodegradation; Estrogens; Heterotrophic bacteria; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIAL CULTURES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGENS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHS; P.AERUGINOSA; RHODOCOCCUS; SUBTILIS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HETEROTROPHY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODONCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS ZOPFII;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS ZOPFII;

EID: 84869873029     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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