Isolation and identification of a Brevibacterium linens strain degrading p-nitrophenol

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-257

  Ningthoujam, Debananda ^a  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

(Bio) degradation; Brevibacterium; Isolation; Nitroaromatics; p Nitrophenol

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; AGAR; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CASEIN; CATALASE; GELATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; TYROSINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREVIBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; LIQUEFACTION; NONHUMAN; SOIL; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 19344363941     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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