Biological denitration of propylene glycol dinitrate by Bacillus sp. ATCC 51912

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 525-529

  Sun, W Q ^a   Meng, M ^d   Kumar, G ^a   Geelhaar, L A ^b   Payne, G F ^a   Speedie, M K ^b   Stacy, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE ESTER; PROPYLENEGLYCOL DINITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN;

BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0029989778     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050723     Document Type: Article

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