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Characterization of carboxylesterase from malathion degrading bacterium:Pseudomonas sp. M-3

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  1. Developmental Toxicology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, M. G. Marg, Post Box 80, 226 001, Lucknow, India

    Ashok K. Singh, N. S. Srikanth & P. K. Seth

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

    O. P. Malhotra

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Singh, A.K., Srikanth, N.S., Malhotra, O.P. et al. Characterization of carboxylesterase from malathion degrading bacterium:Pseudomonas sp. M-3. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 42, 860–867 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701627

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