Biological remediation of explosives and related nitroaromatic compounds

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-61

  Snellinx, Zita ^a,b   Nepovím, Ales ^c   Taghavi, Safieh ^a,d   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^b   Vanek, Tomá ^c   Van der Lelie, Daniël ^a,d  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological remediation; Nitroaromatic compounds; Phytoremediation; Remediation, soil and water; Soil, TNT, remediation; TNT (2,4,6 trinitrotoluene); Trinitrotoluene; Water, TNT, remediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; EXPLOSIVES; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPLOSION; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EXPLOSIONS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036172886     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987316     Document Type: Review

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