Journal of Microbiology
- Volume 38 Issue 4
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- Pages.250-254
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- 2000
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- 1225-8873(pISSN)
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- 1976-3794(eISSN)
Simultaneous Utilization of Two Different Pathways in Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by White Rot Fungus Irpex lacteus
- Kim, Hyoun-Young (Division of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
- Song, Hong-Gyu (Division of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University)
- Published : 2000.12.01
Abstract
This study confirmed that white rot fungus Irpex lacteus was able to metabolize 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) with two different initial transformations. In one metabolic pathway of TNT a nitro group was removed from the aromatic ring of TNT. Hydride-Meisenheimer complexes of TNT (H
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