Microbial 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene degradation: Could we learn from (bio)chemistry for bioremediation and vice versa?

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1043-1064

  Stenuit, Ben A ^a   Agathos, Spiros N ^b  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Microbially assisted phytoremediation; OYE flavoproteins; Redox active secondary metabolites; Self cleaning explosive formulations; TNT

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED PHYTOREMEDIATION; BIO-AUGMENTATION; OYE FLAVOPROTEINS; REDOX-ACTIVE; SELF-CLEANING EXPLOSIVE FORMULATIONS; TNT;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; GROUNDWATER; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION;

GROUND WATER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; SURFACE SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FLAVOPROTEINS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 78149416437     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2830-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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