Isolation and characterization of an acrylamide-degrading Antarctic bacterium

• Main Authors: Abd. Shukor, Mohd Yunus, Gusmanizar, Neni, Ramli, Johari, Shamaan, Nor Aripin, MacCormack, W. P., Syed, Mohd Arif
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Triveni Enterprises, Lucknow 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11992/1/Journal_of_Environmental_Biology.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11992/

The presence of acrylamide in the environment poses a threat due to its well known neurotoxic, carcinogenic and teratogenic properties. Human activities in various geographical areas are the main anthropogenic source of acrylamide pollution. In this work, an acrylamide-degrading bacterium was isol...