Degradation of strychnine by pure bacterial cultures isolated from South Australian agricultural soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1623-1626

  Rogers, S L ^b,c   Froscio, S M ^a   Kookana, R S ^b,d   Oliver, P D ^b,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr for Soil and Land M ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; SOIL DEGRADATION; STRYCHNINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0032192637     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00222-8     Document Type: Article

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