Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic ChemicalsThis book examines the role of microbes, from theoretical, field, and applied perspectives, in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals. |
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TOLUENE Unlike the enigmatic benzene molecule , reports of the microbial
degradation of toluene under low redox conditions have been repeatedly
corroborated by numerous investigators since about 1986 . Evidence of toluene
degradation ...
TOLUENE Unlike the enigmatic benzene molecule , reports of the microbial
degradation of toluene under low redox conditions have been repeatedly
corroborated by numerous investigators since about 1986 . Evidence of toluene
degradation ...
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Proposed pathways of the initial steps in toluene transformation ( upper pathway
) and toluene mineralization ( lower pathway ) under denitrifying conditions by
strain Ti . 1 , Toluene ; 2 , benzylsuccinyl - CoA ; 3 , benzylsuccinic acid ; 4 ...
Proposed pathways of the initial steps in toluene transformation ( upper pathway
) and toluene mineralization ( lower pathway ) under denitrifying conditions by
strain Ti . 1 , Toluene ; 2 , benzylsuccinyl - CoA ; 3 , benzylsuccinic acid ; 4 ...
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Toluene , with the methyl group labeled , produced a high percentage of 14CO2 ,
indicating that most of the methyl group carbon was transformed to CO2 and not
to CH4 . Much lower levels of 14CO2 were generated from the ring - labeled ...
Toluene , with the methyl group labeled , produced a high percentage of 14CO2 ,
indicating that most of the methyl group carbon was transformed to CO2 and not
to CH4 . Much lower levels of 14CO2 were generated from the ring - labeled ...
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Contents
MICROBIAL VERSATILITY | 13 |
Norberto J Palleroni | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic Chemicals Volume 15 of Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied Microbiology |
| Editors | Lily Y. Young, Carl E. Cerniglia |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0471521094, 9780471521099 |
| Length | 672 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General |
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