Microbial remediation of explosive waste

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-167

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

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CL20; GTN; HMX; Microbial degradation; PETN; RDX; TNP; TNT

Indexed keywords

AMINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; PICRIC ACID; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITRATES;

EID: 84859710522     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2011.640979     Document Type: Review

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