Toluene-degrading bacteria are chemotactic towards the environmental pollutants benzene, toluene, and trichloroethylene.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on September 01, 2000

Authors

R E Parales1, J L Ditty, C S Harwood

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1: Department of Microbiology and Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.

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