Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic ChemicalsLily Y. Young, Carl E. Cerniglia This book examines the role of microbes, from theoretical, field, and applied perspectives, in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals. |
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... enrichment cultures were not challenged with Aroclor 1242 to determine the range of congener specificity after prolonged enrichment on 236 - CB . It will be important to learn whether this type of enrichment selects for a PCB ...
... enrichment cultures were not challenged with Aroclor 1242 to determine the range of congener specificity after prolonged enrichment on 236 - CB . It will be important to learn whether this type of enrichment selects for a PCB ...
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... enrich for substrate - specific dehalogenation activities . This is apparently also the case with PCB dechlorination . Enrichment for PCB dechlorination activity appears to have occurred both in the environment and in the laboratory ...
... enrich for substrate - specific dehalogenation activities . This is apparently also the case with PCB dechlorination . Enrichment for PCB dechlorination activity appears to have occurred both in the environment and in the laboratory ...
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... Enrichment of pre - existing degrading populations : This is a major mechanism of acclimation ( Wiggins et al . , 1987 ; Chen and Alexander , 1989 ) . One impli- cation of enrichment is that genes specifying the biodegradative reactions ...
... Enrichment of pre - existing degrading populations : This is a major mechanism of acclimation ( Wiggins et al . , 1987 ; Chen and Alexander , 1989 ) . One impli- cation of enrichment is that genes specifying the biodegradative reactions ...
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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
Bossert and Geoffrey C Compeau | 127 |
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