The private life of environmental bacteria: Pollutant biodegradation at the single cell level

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 628-642

  Nikel, Pablo Iván ^a   Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a,b   Benedetti, Ilaria ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

BIOREMEDIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84896710626     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12360     Document Type: Review

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