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Degradation of cyanide by a bacterial mixture composed of new types of cyanide-degrading bacteria

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A mixed culture of bacteria capable of growth on cyanide was isolated from an activated sludge of coal tar wastewater by an enrichment culture technique. The predominant cyanide-degrading microorganisms found in this bacterial mixture were identified as species of the genera Klebsiella, Serratia, Moraxella, and Pseudomonas. Stoichiometric amounts of ammonia were released during the cyanide containing culture by microbial oxidation of cyanide.

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  1. Lab.of Environmental Biotechnology, Central Research Institute, Korea Steel Chemical CO.,Ltd., 358-11 SangDaeWon Dong, SungNam City, KyoungGi Province, Korea

    Sang Moo Kang & Deog Joong Kim

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Kang, S.M., Kim, D.J. Degradation of cyanide by a bacterial mixture composed of new types of cyanide-degrading bacteria. Biotechnol Lett 15, 201–206 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00133024

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