Microbial degradation of the detoxification products of mustard from the Russian chemical weapons stockpile

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-501

  Ermakova, Inna T ^a   Safrina, Natalya S ^a   Starovoitov, Ivan I ^a   Lyubun, Yelena V ^b   Shcherbakov, Alexander A ^b   Makarov, Oleg E ^b   Kosterin, Paul V ^b   Boronin, Alexander M ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

1,4 perhydrothiazines; Detoxification products; Microbial degradation; Mustard

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CROPS; DERIVATIVES; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOUTILISABLE SUBSTRATES; GROWTH CESSATION; REACTION MASSES;

BIODEGRADATION;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; ETHANOLAMINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MUSTARD GAS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BRASSICA; CELLS; DETOXICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; MASS SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 18044391252     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1235     Document Type: Article

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