A Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PR reductively dechlorinates both 1,1,1-trichloroethane and chloroform

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3387-3397

  Ding, Chang ^a   Zhao, Siyan ^a   He, Jianzhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESULFITOBACTERIUM SP.;

1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; CHLOROFORM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TETRACHLOROETHENE DEHALOGENASE; TRICHLOROETHANE; WATER POLLUTANT;

DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLOROFORM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; TRICHLOROETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84912038480     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12387     Document Type: Article

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