Biodegradation of glyceryl trinitrate by Penicillium corylophilum Dierckx

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1712-1714

  Zhang, Y Z ^a   Sundaram, S T ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Brodman, B W ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031002161     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1712-1714.1997     Document Type: Article

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