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Acetonitrile degradation under haloalkaline conditions by Natronocella acetinitrilica gen. nov., sp. nov.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2007
Sorokin Dimitry Yu, van Pelt Sander, Tourova Tatjana P, Takaichi Shinichi, Muyzer Gerard
Abstract excerpt
Nitriles are important environmental compounds, both as natural products and industrial pollutants. Until now, there have been no data on the possibility of microbial nitrile degradation at high pH/salt conditions. Acetonitrile (CH(3)C(triple bond)N) is the simplest organic nitrile. Here, evidence is provided of microbial utilization of acetonitrile as a carbon, energy and nitrogen source at extremely high pH and...
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