BIODEGRADATION OF PHENOL BY FREE AND IMMOBILIZED CELLS OF A NOVEL Pseudomonas sp. NBM11

Abstract In the present study, a pure culture of bacterium (Pseudomonas sp. Strain NBM11) was isolated from the soil sample from a site contaminated with medical wastes and wastewater. The isolated strain can degrade up to 1000 mg/L of phenol completely. It was observed that temperature, pH and init...

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Main Authors: Satya Sundar Mohanty, Hara Mohan Jena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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