Biotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in Anabaena sp. cultures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-419

  Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a   Jackson, Gardner H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Cyanobacteria; Kinetics; Toxicity; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ANABAENA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033000137     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0412:BOTIAS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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