Chemotaxis of a Ralstonia sp. SJ98 toward co-metabolizable nitroaromatic compounds

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 404-409

  Pandey, Gunjan ^a   Chauhan, Ashvini ^a   Samanta, Sudip K ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chemotaxis; Co metabolism; Nitroaromatic compounds; Ralstonia sp.

Indexed keywords

2 DINITROBENZENE; 2 NITROPHENOL; 2,3 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 2,5 DINITROPHENOL; 2,6 DINITROPHENOL; 3 DINITROBENZENE; 3 NITROPHENOL; 3,5 DINITROBENZOIC ACID; 4 NITROANILINE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIC ACID; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA; REDUCTION;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMOTAXIS; DINITROBENZENES; DINITROPHENOLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 0036433220     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02601-3     Document Type: Article

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