Growth of Arthrobacter sp. strain JBH1 on nitroglycerin as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1689-1691

  Husserl, Johana ^a   Spain, Jim C ^a   Hughes, Joseph B ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER SP; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON; TRANSIENT INTERMEDIATE;

GLYCEROL; SOIL POLLUTION;

NITRATES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; GLYCEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVE; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ARTHROBACTER; CARBON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGLYCERIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.;

EID: 77649224377     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02400-09     Document Type: Article

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