PRODUCTS OF ANAEROBIC 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) TRANSFORMATION BY CLOSTRIDIUM-BIFERMENTANS

Authors
LEWIS TA GOSZCZYNSKI S CRAWFORD RL KORUS RA ADMASSU W
Citation
Ta. Lewis et al., PRODUCTS OF ANAEROBIC 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) TRANSFORMATION BY CLOSTRIDIUM-BIFERMENTANS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(12), 1996, pp. 4669-4674
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
4669 - 4674
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:12<4669:POA2(T>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Experiments to elucidate the 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)-transforming activity of Clostridium bifermentans LJP-1 identified reductive TNT tr ansformations that ultimately produced as end products triaminotoluene (TAT) and phenolic products of TAT hydrolysis. An adduct of TAT, appa rently formed by condensation of TAT and pyruvic aldehyde (methyl glyo xal), was also detected.