Diversity of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-Trichlo-rophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5-T)-Degrading Bacteria in Vietnamese Soils

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Huong, Nguyen L ^a   Itoh, Kazuhito ^a   Suyama, Kousuke ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,4,5 T; 2,4 D; degradative genes; degrading bacteria; plasmid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015262413     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.243     Document Type: Article

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