Sequential biodegradation of TNT, RDX and HMX in a mixture

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2231-2238

  Sagi Ben Moshe, S ^a   Ronen, Z ^b   Dahan, O ^b   Weisbrod, N ^b   Groisman, L ^c   Adar, E ^b   Nativ, R ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; HMX; RDX; TNT; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOILS; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; HMX; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PCR-DGGE; RDX; SINGLE BAND; TNT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXICITY;

DEGRADATION;

CYCLONITE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOCINES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 68649097784     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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