Application of continuous culture technology for the development of explosives-degrading microorganisms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 829, Issue , 1997, Pages 230-241

  Gunnison, D ^a   Fredrickson, H L ^a   Kaplan, D L ^b   Allen, A L ^b   Mello, C M ^b   Walker, J E ^b   Myrick, Glenn ^c   Evans, W E ^c   Ochman, M ^c  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Amer Sci International Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; EXPLOSIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031582860     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48578.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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