Fungal transformation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 34 ·No. 2 ·1977-08-00 ·Pages 232-3

Parrish FW

Abstract

Screening of 190 fungi representing 98 genera showed that the ability to transform 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene was common, whereas transformation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene was rare.

MeSH Terms

Fungi/metabolism Nitro Compounds Toluene/metabolism Trinitrotoluene/metabolism Water Pollution, Chemical

Chemicals

Nitro Compounds Trinitrotoluene Toluene

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Parrish F W

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.34.2.232-233.1977

Published

1977-08-00

Pages

232-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC242627

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.34.2.232-233.1977 PMC Full Text View journal details

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