Biodegradation of high explosive production effluent containing RDX and HMX by denitrifying bacteria

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-275

  Singh, Rita ^a   Soni, Pramod ^b   Kumar, Pawan ^a   Purohit, Sumita ^a   Singh, Antaryami ^a  

^a DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Denitrifying bacteria; Effluent; Explosive; HMX; Nitrate; RDX

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBONATES; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; EXPLOSIVES; MELTING POINT; NITRATES; SODIUM;

AMMONIUM NITRATES; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIOTRANSFORMATION ACTIVITIES; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; HIGH MELTING; HMX; NITRATE REDUCTIONS; PRODUCTION PLANTS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RDX; SODIUM BICARBONATES;

DENITRIFICATION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 61349189555     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9889-x     Document Type: Article

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