Reduction of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Clostridium acetobutylicum through hydroxylamino-nitrotoluene intermediates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-348

  Hughes, Joseph B ^a   Wang, Chuan Yue ^a   Bhadra, Rajiv ^a   Richardson, Adam ^a   Bennett, George N ^b   Rudolph, Fred B ^b  

^a MS 317 ^*  (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene; Anaerobic; Biotransformation; Clostridium; Hydroxylamine

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYLAMINE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION;

EID: 2642607036     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0343:ROTBCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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