2,4,6-Trinitrophenol degradation by Bacillus cereus isolated from a firing range

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2411-2415

  Singh, Baljinder ^a   Kaur, Jagdeep ^a   Singh, Kashmir ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Hydride Meisenheimer complex; Hydride trinitrophenol; Nitrite; Picric acid; Trinitrophenol

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; DRY CELLS; FIRING RANGES; HYDRIDE-TRINITROPHENOL; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; NITRITE; NITRO GROUP; ORANGE-RED; PICRIC ACID; TRINITROPHENOL;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; DEGRADATION; HYDRIDES; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEAPON;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRINITROTOLUENE; WEAPONS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 81155152441     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0726-1     Document Type: Article

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