BIODEGRADATION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) BY THE WHITE-ROT BASIDIOMYCETE PHLEBIA-RADIATA

Authors
VANAKEN B SKUBISZ K NAVEAU H AGATHOS SN
Citation
B. Vanaken et al., BIODEGRADATION OF 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT) BY THE WHITE-ROT BASIDIOMYCETE PHLEBIA-RADIATA, Biotechnology letters, 19(8), 1997, pp. 813-817
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
19
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
813 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1997)19:8<813:BO2(BT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Phlebia radiata transformed 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), as well as it s first reduction products, the aminodinitrotoluenes, into 4-hydroxyla mino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (4-OHA-2,6-DNT) and 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (4-A-2,6-DNT). No extracellular peroxidases were involved in this ste p. The ligninolytic extracellular fluid, assumed to contain peroxidase s, did not reduce TNT. However, ligninolytic peroxidases are implicate d in the transformation of the first reduction products of TNT.