Urea-facilitated uptake and nitroreductase-mediated transformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in soil using vetiver grass

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 445-452

  Das, Padmini ^a   Sarkar, Dibyendu ^a   Makris, Konstantinos C ^b   Datta, Rupali ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitroreductase; Phytoremediation; TNT; Urea; Vetiver

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; REACTION KINETICS; SOILS; TISSUE;

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; NITROREDUCTASES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; TNT; VETIVER;

UREA;

VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 84922369458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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