Biotransformation of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) by denitrifying Pseudomonas sp. strain FA1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5216-5221

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Paquet, Louise ^a   Spain, Jim C ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOTRANSFORMATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXANITRO 2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; FLAVOPROTEIN; FORMIC ACID; NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; UPREGULATION;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NAD; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOMONAS;

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

EID: 0141482147     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5216-5221.2003     Document Type: Article

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