Metabolism of explosive compounds by sulfate-reducing bacteria

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-131

  Boopathy, Ramaraj ^a   Gurgas, Michele ^b   Ullian, Jeff ^a   Manning, John F ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; NITROGEN; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAAZOCINE; TRINITROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AMMONIA; AZOCINES; CELL DIVISION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; RODENTICIDES; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; TRIAZINES; TRINITROBENZENES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 0031815639     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900350     Document Type: Article

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