Isolation from soil of Aerobic Chemoheterotrophic Bacteria Capable of Decomposing Methanethiol and Hydrogen Sulfide

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Takakuwa, Susumu ^b   Kimura, Tamon ^a   Shimomoto, Hitomi ^a   Hirose, Toru ^a   Moriyama, Yasushi ^a  

^a TOTO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

heterotrophs; hydrogen sulfide; methanethiol

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015777050     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.14.131     Document Type: Article

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