Formation of aniline as a transient metabolite during the metabolism of tetryl by a sulfate-reducing bacterial consortium

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-193

  Boopathy, R ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; ANILINE; GROUND WATER; PYRUVIC ACID; TETRYL(2,4,6 TRINITROPHENYLMETHYLNITRAMINE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DESULFOVIBRIO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROBENZENES; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033971724     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910038     Document Type: Article

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