Transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by actinomycetes isolated from TNT-contaminated and uncontaminated environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1120-1123

  Pasti Grigsby, Maria B ^a   Lewis, Thomas A ^a   Crawford, Don L ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

EID: 0030040291     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.1120-1123.1996     Document Type: Article

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