Isolation and characterization of RDX-degrading Rhodococcus species from a contaminated aquifer

Biodegradation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 997-1005

  Bernstein, Anat ^a   Adar, Eilon ^a   Nejidat, Ali ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

4 nitro 2,4 diazabutanal; Cytochrome P450; Groundwater; RDX; Rhodococcus; xplA

Indexed keywords

4-NITRO-2,4-DIAZABUTANAL; CYTOCHROME P450; RDX; RHODOCOCCUS; XPLA;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; OXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; FRESH WATER; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BOREHOLE; COASTAL AQUIFER; CYTOCHROME; EXPLOSIVE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INHIBITOR; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ISRAEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 79961171989     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9458-0     Document Type: Article

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