The bioutilization of thiodiglycol (a breakdown product of mustard gas): Isolation of degraders and investigation of degradation conditions

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-253

  Tikhonova, E B ^a   Ermakova, I T ^a   Slepen'kin, A V ^a   Kashparov, K I ^a   Starovoitov, I I ^a   Boronin, A M ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxydans; Biodegradation; Mustard gas; Thiodiglycol

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

2,2'-THIODIETHANOL; MUSTARD GAS; SULFOXIDE; THIODIACETIC ACID; THIODIGLYCOL; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; POLLUTANT;

ALCALIGENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUSTARD GAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFOXIDES; THIOGLYCOLATES;

EID: 0036512450     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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