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  • Biotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by ruminal organisms

    Creator:
    De Lorme, Marthah J. M.
    Abstract:
    2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) has been the common munitions used in the world and is an environmental contaminant that is amendable to reductive transformation reactions. The rumen is an extremely reductive environment containing diverse microbial populations. There are 21 pure culture ruminal bacteria species in culture collection, these were tested for the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    DISSERTATION OF Marthah De Lorme for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology presented