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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