Products of anaerobic 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) transformation by Clostridium bifermentans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4669-4674

  Lewis, Thomas A ^a   Goszczynski, Stefan ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a   Korus, Roger A ^a   Admassu, Wudneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLGLYOXAL; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS;

EID: 0029909728     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4669-4674.1996     Document Type: Article

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