Biodegradation of melamine and its hydroxy derivatives by a bacterial consortium containing a novel Nocardioides species

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1647-1656

  Takagi, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujii, Kunihiko ^b,c   Yamazaki, Ken Ichi ^a   Harada, Naoki ^b,c   Iwasaki, Akio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial consortium; Biodegradation; Cyanuric acid; Melamine; Nocardioides sp.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHARCOAL; DEGRADATION; MELAMINE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTAMINATED SITES; CYANURIC ACIDS; DEGRADING BACTERIA; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; NOCARDIOIDES SP;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMMELIDE; AMMELINE; AMMONIA; CHARCOAL; CYANURIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; MELAMINE; SIMAZINE; TRIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; CHARCOAL; CONTAMINATED LAND; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NOCARDIOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; ACTINOMYCETALES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84867287621     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3673-9     Document Type: Article

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