2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene reduction by an Fe-only hydrogenase in Clostridium acetobutylicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1542-1547

  Watrous, Mary M ^a   Clark, Sandra ^b   Kutty, Razia ^b   Huang, Shouqin ^b   Rudolph, Frederick B ^b   Hughes, Joseph B ^a   Bennett, George N ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; REDUCTION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STRAIN;

HYDROGENASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; HYDROGENASE; HYDROXYLAMINE; IRON; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SOIL; WILD TYPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242418140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1542-1547.2003     Document Type: Article

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