Rapid spectrophotometric determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in a Pseudomonas enzyme assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-158

  Oh, B T ^a   Sarath, G ^a   Shea, P J ^a   Drijber, R A ^a   Comfort, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Spectrophotometric assay; TNT; TNT nitroreductase(s)

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DIAMINO 4 NITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUFFER; COPPER ION; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITROREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; NAD; NITROREDUCTASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRINITROTOLUENE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033834094     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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