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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 117-135Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000021720.03712.12
Keywords
glycerol trinitrate; microorganisms; nitrobenzene; nitrobenzoate; nitrophenols; nitrotoluene; nitrate esters; RDX; s-Triazine; TNT
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Nitroaromatic compounds constitute a major class of widely distributed environmental contaminants. Compounds like nitrobenzene, nitrotoluenes, nitrophenols, nitrobenzoates and nitrate esters are of considerable industrial importance. They are frequently used as pesticides, explosives, dyes, and in the manufacture of polymers and pharmaceuticals. Many nitroaromatic compounds and their conversion products have been shown to have toxic or mutagenic properties. Most of them are biodegradable in nature by various microorganisms. However, most contaminated environments have combinations of nitroaromatic compounds present, which complicates the bioremediation efforts. During the last 10 years, research on the biodegradation of nitroaromatic compounds has yielded a wealth of information on the microbiological, biochemical and genetic aspects of the process. New metabolic pathways have been discovered and genes and enzymes responsible for key transformation reactions have been identified and characterized. Knowledge and advances in pathway engineering have helped further understanding of the nature of nitroaromatic biodegradation and the development of bioremediation solutions. In this paper, an overview of recent developments on the biodegradation of nitrogen-containing xenobiotics is presented.
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