Degradation of pentaerythritol tetranitrate by Enterobacter cloacae PB2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1214-1219

  Binks, Peter R ^a   French, Christopher E ^a   Nicklin, Stephen ^b   Bruce, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 0029878360     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1214-1219.1996     Document Type: Article

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