Degradation of Nonylphenol polyethoxylate (NPEOpoly) by Mixed Marine Bacterial Populations

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 609-612

  Shiba, Tsuneo ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   You, Bok ^a   Nomura, Kanako ^a   Furushita, Manabu ^a   Maeda, Toshimichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

degradation; nonylphenol

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024741094     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup1_609     Document Type: Article

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