1st Edition
Biodegradation and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants
By A.M Chakrabarty
Copyright 1982
253 Pages
by
CRC Press
253 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The basic objective of the book is to define and review the recent advances in our understand on the biological mechanisms in the biodegradation and detoxification of various environmental pollutants. The book encompasses recent studies on the mode of detoxication of such mercurial compounds by various microorganisms
1. Microbial metabolism and enzymology of selected pesticides 2. Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls 3. Chemical transformations of aromatic hydrocarbons that support the growth of microorganisms 4. Genetic and biochemical basis for microbial transformations and detoxification of mercury and mercurial compounds 5. Recurring themes and repeated sequences in metabolic evolution 6. Genetic mechanisms in the dissimilation of chlorinated compounds
Biography
A.M Chakrabarty
