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Isolation and Identification of Sphingomonas sp. That Yields tert-Octylphenol Monoethoxylate under Aerobic Conditions

Eriko NISHIODepartment of Environmental Chemistry, Kyushu Kyoritsu University
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Hiromichi YOSHIKAWADepartment of Functional Materials Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology
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Manabu WAKAYAMADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Meijo University
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Hiroto TAMURADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Meijo University
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Shiro MORITADepartment of Environmental Chemistry, Kyushu Kyoritsu University
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Yoshifumi TOMITADepartment of Environmental Chemistry, Kyushu Kyoritsu University
Pages 1226-1231 | Received 20 Oct 2004, Accepted 14 Apr 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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