Biodegradation of cyanide compounds by a Pseudomonas species (S1)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Dhillon, J K ^a   Shivaraman, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biotransformation; Cyanide; Nitriles; Pseudomonas sp.(S1)

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACRYLONITRILE; BENZONITRILE; BENZYL CYANIDE DERIVATIVE; BUTYRONITRILE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYANIDE; FORMIC ACID; NITRILE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

ACETONITRILES; ACRYLONITRILE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYANIDES; NITRILES; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0032868346     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-3-201     Document Type: Article

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