Microbial transformation of xenobiotics for environmental bioremediation

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6016-6027

  Sinha, Shelly ^a   Chattopadhyay, Pritam ^a   Pan, Ieshita ^a   Chatterjee, Sandipan ^a   Chanda, Pompee ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Debashis ^a   Das, Kamala ^a   Sen, Sukanta K ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Catabolic genes; Co metabolism; Degradation; Horizontal gene transfer; Plasmid; Transposon; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

AZO DYE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REVIEW;

EID: 71949101174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.740     Document Type: Review

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