The enzymatic basis for pesticide bioremediation

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-79

  Scott, Colin ^a   Pandey, Gunjan ^a   Hartley, Carol J ^a   Jackson, Colin J ^a   Cheesman, Matthew J ^a   Taylor, Matthew C ^a   Pandey, Rinku ^a   Khurana, Jeevan L ^a   Teese, Mark ^a   Coppin, Chris W ^a   Weir, Kahli M ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^b   Lal, Rup ^c   Russell, Robyn J ^a   Oakeshott, John G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial enzymes; Bioremediation; Pesticides; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43049096403     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0007-4     Document Type: Review

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