Isolation and characterization of a sulfate-reducing bacterium that removed TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene) under sulfate- and nitrate-reducing conditions

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Costa, Vincent ^a   Boopathy, Ramaraj ^a   Manning, John ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremdiation; Butyric acid; Electron acceptor; Metabolites; Sulfate reducing bacteria; TNT

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; ETHANOL; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH; SEDIMENTS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

BUTYRIC ACID; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; FORMATE; LACTATE; NITRATE REDUCING BACTERIA; PYRUVATE; SUCCINATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NITRATE; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFATE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 0030152623     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(96)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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