Cyanide degradation under alkaline conditions by a strain of Fusarium solani isolated from contaminated soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2729-2734

  Dumestre, Alain ^a,c   Chone, Therese ^a   Portal, Jean Marie ^a   Gerard, Mylene ^a   Berthelin, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CYANIDE; SOIL FUNGI;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 0030763718     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2729-2734.1997     Document Type: Article

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