Impact of Nitriles on Bacterial Communities

Nitriles are organic molecules with –C≡N as functional group and often toxic for living organisms. Detoxification can occur via nitrilases that degrade nitriles directly to carboxylic acids and ammonia, or with nitrile hydratases and amidases that convert nitriles to amides and subsequently to carbo...

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Main Authors: Richard Egelkamp, Till Zimmermann, Dominik Schneider, Robert Hertel, Rolf Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00103/full