Towards engineering degradation of the explosive pollutant hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in the rhizosphere

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-54

  Lorenz, Astrid ^a   Rylott, Elizabeth L ^a   Strand, Stuart E ^b   Bruce, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive; Pseudomonas fluorescens; RDX; Remediation; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CYCLONITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; BULK DENSITY; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GNOTOBIOTICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; XPLA GENE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; TRIAZINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 84873271857     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12072     Document Type: Article

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