Nocardia globerula NHB-2: A versatile nitrile-degrading organism

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 705-708

  Bhalla, Tek Chand ^a   Kumar, Harish ^a,b  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Pt Sant Ram Government Degree College   (India)

Author keywords

Amidase; Nitrilase; Nitrile hydratase; Nitrile amide degradation; Nocardia globerula NHB 2

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; SOILS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NITRILASE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; NOCARDIA GLOBERULA NHB-2;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ACETONITRILE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; AROMATIC AMIDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITRILASE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROLYSIS; INDIA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA GLOBERULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

AMIDES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINOHYDROLASES; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDRO-LYASES; NITRILES; NOCARDIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA GLOBERULA;

EID: 29144511575     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-046     Document Type: Article

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