Microbial degradation of cyanide and thiocyanate

Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-173

  Karavaiko, G I ^a   Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Savari, E E ^b   Grigor'eva, N V ^a   Avakyan, Z A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b Central Research Institute for Geological Exploration of Nonferrous and Precious Metals   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Degradation; Pseudomonas putida; Pseudomonas stutzeri; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844592409     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02756193     Document Type: Article

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