Microbial Degradation of Organophosphorus Xenobiotics: Metabolic Pathways and Molecular Basis

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Karpouzas, Dimitrios G ^a   Singh, Brajesh K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; INSECTICIDE; MINERAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHORUS; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; FLAVOBACTERIA; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; XANTHOMONAS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749140426     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2911(06)51003-3     Document Type: Review

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