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Degradation of phenanthrene via meta-cleavage of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid by Ochrobactrum sp. strain PWTJD

  1. Debajyoti Ghosal,
  2. Joydeep Chakraborty,
  3. Pratick Khara,
  4. Tapan K. Dutta

Article first published online: 22 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02129.x

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FEMS Microbiology Letters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 313, Issue 2, pages 103–110, December 2010

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Ghosal, D., Chakraborty, J., Khara, P. and Dutta, T. K. (2010), Degradation of phenanthrene via meta-cleavage of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid by Ochrobactrum sp. strain PWTJD. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 313: 103–110. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02129.x

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India

*Correspondence: Tapan K. Dutta, Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme VIIM, Kolkata 700054, India. Tel.: +91 33 2569 3241; fax: +91 33 2355 3886; e-mail: tapan@bic.boseinst.ernet.in

  1. Editor: J. Colin Murrell

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  1. Issue published online: 18 NOV 2010
  2. Article first published online: 22 OCT 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 30 SEP 2010 03:10AM EST
  4. Received 11 August 2010; revised 17 September 2010; accepted 26 September 2010.Final version published online 22 October 2010.

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