The search for and study of microorganisms that degrade cyanides and thiocyanates

Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-399

  Grigor'eva, N V ^a   Avakyan, Z A ^a   Tourova, T P ^a   Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Karavaiko, G I ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

16s rRNA gene sequence; Cyanide; Degradation; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644559606     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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