Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arora, Pankaj Kumar (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Microorganisms for Sustainability, 10
• Subjects: Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Metabolism.; Microbiology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Sustainable Development.; Metabolomics.

Xenobiotic compounds including pesticides, nitrophenols, pyridine, polycyclic aromatic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls are widely spread in environment due to anthropogenic activities. Most of them are highly toxic to living beings due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. Therefor...