Microbial transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in aerobic soil columns

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2651-2656

  Bruns Nagel, Dirk ^a   Breitung, Jürgen ^a   Von Löw, Eberhard ^a   Steinbach, Klaus ^a   Gorontzy, Thomas ^b   Kahl, Michael ^b   Blotevogel, Karl Heinz ^b   Gemsa, Diethard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; MICROORGANISM; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029902360     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2651-2656.1996     Document Type: Article

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