Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds

• Section I. Overview.- 1 Basic Knowledge and Perspectives on Biodegradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene and Related Nitroaromatic Compounds in Contaminated Soil.- Section II. Aerobic Bacteria.- 2 Bacterial Degradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds under Aerobic Conditions.- 3 Microbial Production of Catechols From Nitroaromatic Compounds.- 4 Potential of Toluene-Degrading Systems for the Construction of Hybrid Pathways for Nitrotoluene Metabolism.- Section III. Anaerobic Bacteria.- 5 Anaerobic Transformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene and Other Nitroaromatic Compounds.- 6 Biodegradation of Nitrated Munition Compounds and Herbicides by Obligately Anaerobic Bacteria.- 7 Reductive Metabolism of Nitroaromatic and Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- Section IV. Fungi.- 8 Biodegradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by the White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.- 9 Pathway of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Degradation by Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.- Section V. Related Biochemistry.- 10 Bioorganic Chemistry of the Arylhydroxylamine and Nitrosoarene Functional Groups.- 11 Transformation of Inorganic N-Oxides by Denitrifying and Nitrifying Bacteria: Pathways, Mechanisms, and Relevance to Biotransformation of Nitroaromatic Compounds.- 12 Environmental Processes Influencing the Rate of Abiotic Reduction of Nitroaromatic Compounds in the Subsurface.

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