Marine bacteria mediated degradation of nylon 66 and 6

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-151

  Sudhakar, M ^a   Priyadarshini, C ^a   Doble, Mukesh ^a   Sriyutha Murthy, P ^b   Venkatesan, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Marine bacteria; Nylon 6, 66

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUSION REACTIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; EPI-FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE; MARINE BACTERIA; MARINE ORGANISMS; SUBMERGED ENRICHMENT CONDITIONS;

NYLON POLYMERS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MELTING; POLYMER;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FURNISSII;

EID: 34548817015     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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