Biotransformations of explosives

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue , 2001, Pages 171-217

  French, Chris E ^a   Rosser, Susan J ^b   Bruce, Neil C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES;

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; EXPLOSIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; NITROREDUCTASE; PICRIC ACID; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHANEROCHAETE; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS PICKETII; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0034883837     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2001.10648013     Document Type: Review

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216. Metabolism and detoxification of TNT by Phanerochaete chrysosporium
217. Biodegradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium
218. Properties of a transplasma membrane redox system of Phanerochaete chrysosporium
219. Degradation of munitions waste by Phanerochaete chrysosporium
220. Biological denitration of propylene glycol dinitrate by Bacillus sp. ATCC 51912
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223. Participation of cytochrome P-450 in the biodegradation of RDX by a Rhodococcus strain
224. Uptake and transformation of TNT by hybrid poplar trees
225. Decreased transpiration in poplar trees exposed to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
226. Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine translocation in poplar trees
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230. 14C-U-ring labelled 4-hydroxylamino-2,6-dinitrotoluene by manganese-dependent peroxidase of the white-rot basidiomycete Phlebia radiata
231. Transformation and mineralization of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by manganese peroxidase from the white-rot basidiomycete Phlebia radiata
232. Catabolism of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Mycobacterium vaccae
233. Phytotransformation of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and distribution of metabolic products in Myriophyllum aquaticum
234. Two-stage biotransoformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene under nitrogen-rich and nitrogen-limiting conditions
235. Biochemistry and pharmacology of the nitro and nitroso groups
236. Identification of a hydride-Meisenheimer complex as a metabolite of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by a Mycobacterium strain
237. Initial reductive reactions in aerobic microbial metabolism of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
238. Nucleotide sequence of Salmonella typhimurium nitroreductase gene
239. Purification and characterization of wild-type and mutant 'classical' nitroreductases of Salmonella typhimurium - L33R mutation greatly diminishes binding of FMN to the nitroreductase of S. typhimurium
240. Microbial degradation of glycerol nitrates
241. Microbial cleavage of nitrate esters: Defusing the environment
242. Biodegradation of glycerol trinitrate and pentaerythritol tetranitrate by Agrobacterium radiobacter
243. Bacterial biodegradation of glycerol trinitrate
244. Bacterial biodegradation of nitrate ester explosives
245. Oxygen-sensitive nitroreductases: Analysis of the roles of nfsA and nfsB in development of resistance to 5-nitrofuran derivatives in Escherichia coli
246. Bioremediation of TNT-contaminated soil: A laboratory study
247. Composting of explosives and propellant contaminated soils under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions
248. Cloning and characterization of the genes for p-nitrobenzoate degradation from Pseudomonas picketii YH105
249. Biotransformation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-trinazine (RDX) by a prospective consortium and its most effective isolate Serratia marcescens
250. Biological breakdown of RDX in slurry reactors proceeds with multiple kinetically distinguishable paths
251. Investigation of aortic CYP3A bioactivation of nitroglycerin in vivo
252. Biochemical characterization of NfsA, the Escherichia coli major nitroreductase exhibiting a high amino acid sequence homology to Frp, a Vibrio harveyi flavin oxidoreductase
253. Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of NfsB, a minor oxygen-insensitive nitroreductase from Escherichia coli, similar in biochemical properties to Frase I, the major flavin reductase in Vibrio fischeri
254. Conversion of NfsB, a minor Escherichia coli nitroreductase, to a flavin reductase similar in biochemical properties to Frase I, the major flavin reductase in Vibrio fischeri, by a single amino acid substitution
255. Conversion of NfsA, the major Escherichia coli nitroreductase, to a flavin reductase with an activity similar to that of Frp, a flavin reductase in Vibrio harveyi, by a single amino acid substitution
256. Biodegradation of glyceryl trinitrate by Penicillium corylophilum Dierckx