Chemotaxis-mediated biodegradation of cyclic nitramine explosives RDX, HMX, and CL-20 by Clostridium sp. EDB2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 316, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 816-821

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Thiboutot, Sonia ^b   Ampleman, Guy ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chemotaxis; CL 20; Clostridium; Cyclic nitramines; HMX; RDX

Indexed keywords

2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXANITRO 2,4,6,8,10,12 HEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; 4 NITRO 2,4 DIAZABUTANAL; CARBENOID; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METABOLITE; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AZA COMPOUNDS; AZOCINES; CHEMOTAXIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLOSIONS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RODENTICIDES; SEPHAROSE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.;

EID: 1642389204     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.120     Document Type: Article

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