Biodegradation of RDX nitroso products MNX and TNX by cytochrome P450 XplA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7245-7251

  Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Manno, Dominic ^a   Perreault, Nancy N ^a   Sabbadin, Federico ^b   Bruce, Neil C ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CYTOCHROME P450; DEGRADATION RATE; NITROAMINES; NITROSO; RDX (HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE); REMOVAL RATE; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RING CLEAVAGE; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; TRACE AMOUNTS;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

4 NITRO 2,4, DIAZABUTANAL; BUTANE; CYTOCHROME P450; HEXAHYDRO 1 NITROSO 3,5 DINITRO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; CYTOCHROME; EXPLOSIVE; METABOLISM; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; NITROSAMINES; RHODOCOCCUS; TRIAZINES;

RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 84863535036     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3011964     Document Type: Article

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