Type I nitroreductases in soil enterobacteria reduce TNT (2,4,6- trinitrotoluene) and RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-282

  Kitts, Christopher L ^a   Green, Chad E ^a   Otley, Rebecca A ^a   Alvarez, Marc A ^b   Unkefer, Pat J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterobacter cloacae; Morganella morganii; Nitroreductase; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

CYCLONITE; NITROREDUCTASE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORGANELLA MORGANII;

EID: 0034064329     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-134     Document Type: Article

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