Degradation and detoxification of endosulfan isomers by a defined co-culture of two Bacillus strains

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 279-283

  Awasthi, N ^a,c   Singh, A K ^a   Jain, R K ^b   Khangarot, B S ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; LACTONE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENDOSULFAN; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; OLIGOCHAETA; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 0042663036     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1241-7     Document Type: Article

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