Microbial transformation of nitroaromatics in surface soils and aquifer materials
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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Abstract
Microorganisms indigenous to surface soils and aquifer materials collected at a munitions-contaminated site transformed 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT), and 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) to amino-nitro intermediates within 20 to 70 days. Carbon mineralization studies with both unlabeled (TNT, 2,4-DNT, and 2,6-DNT) and radiolabeled ([14C]TNT) substrates indicated that a significant fraction of these source compounds was degraded to CO2.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Microbial transformation of nitroaromatics in surface soils and aquifer materials |
| Series title | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
| DOI | 10.1128/aem.60.6.2170-2175.1994 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 2170 |
| Last page | 2175 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| City | Weldon Spring |
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