Biodegradation of 4-nitrotoluene with biosurfactant production by Rhodococcus pyridinivorans NT2: Metabolic pathway, cell surface properties and toxicological characterization

Biodegradation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 775-793

  Kundu, Debasree ^a   Hazra, Chinmay ^a   Dandi, Navin ^a   Chaudhari, Ambalal ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4 Nitrotoluene; Biodegradation; Biosurfactant; Rhodococcus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4-NITROTOLUENE; BIO SURFACTANT; BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; CELL SURFACE PROPERTIES; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACIDS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; RHODOCOCCUS;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANES; DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MICROBIOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; FATTY ACID; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS BALANCE; NITRITE; PH; SALINITY; SATURATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE TENSION; TOXICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS PYRIDINIVORANS;

4 NITROTOLUENE; 4-NITROTOLUENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; SURFACTANT; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RHODOCOCCUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RHODOCOCCUS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TOLUENE;

EID: 84885863759     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-013-9627-4     Document Type: Article

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