Biodegradation and biotransformation of explosives

EL Rylott, A Lorenz, NC Bruce - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
Explosives now contaminate millions of hectares of land in the US alone, with global levels
of contamination difficult to fully assess. Understanding the biology behind the metabolism of …

Microbial 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene degradation: could we learn from (bio) chemistry for bioremediation and vice versa?

BA Stenuit, SN Agathos - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is released in nature from manufacturing or
demilitarization facilities but also after munitions firing/detonation or leakage from explosive …

Isolation and characterization of nitroguanidine-degrading microorganisms

J Kim, ME Fuller, PB Hatzinger, KH Chu - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitroguanidine (NQ) is a component of newly developed insensitive munition (IM)
formulations which are more resistant to impact, friction, heat, or sparks than conventional …

Evaluation of a sequential anaerobic-aerobic membrane bioreactor system for treatment of traditional and insensitive munitions constituents

ME Fuller, PC Hedman, KH Chu, TS Webster… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
New energetic formulations containing insensitive high explosives (IHE), such as 2, 4-
dinitroanisole (DNAN), 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazole-5-one (NTO), and nitroguanidine (NQ) are …

Transcriptome profiling defines a novel regulon modulated by the LysR-type transcriptional regulator MexT in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ZX Tian, E Fargier, M Mac Aogain, C Adams… - Nucleic acids …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The LysR-family regulator MexT modulates the expression of the MexEF-OprN
efflux system in the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Recently, we demonstrated …

A sketch of microbiological remediation of explosives-contaminated soil focused on state of art and the impact of technological advancement on hexahydro-1, 3, 5 …

MA Khan, A Sharma, S Yadav, SM Celin, S Sharma - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
When high-energy explosives such as hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine (RDX),
Octahydro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazocine (HMX), 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) are …

The explosive-degrading cytochrome P450 XplA: biochemistry, structural features and prospects for bioremediation

EL Rylott, RG Jackson, F Sabbadin… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
XplA is a cytochrome P450 that mediates the microbial metabolism of the military explosive
hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine (RDX). It has an unusual structural organisation …

Evaluation of biostimulation and bioaugmentation to stimulate hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5,-triazine degradation in an aerobic groundwater aquifer

MM Michalsen, AS King, RA Rule… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5,-triazine (RDX) is a toxic and mobile groundwater
contaminant common to military sites. This study compared in situ RDX degradation rates …

Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Fractionations During Biotic and Abiotic Transformations of 2, 4-Dinitroanisole (DNAN)

C Wang, ME Fuller, J Murillo-Gelvez… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
2, 4-Dinitroanisole (DNAN) is a main constituent in various new insensitive munition
formulations. Although DNAN is susceptible to biotic and abiotic transformations, in many …

Biodegradation of the explosives TNT, RDX and HMX

A Bernstein, Z Ronen - Microbial degradation of xenobiotics, 2012 - Springer
In the early twentieth century, more than 60 highly explosive compounds were developed
and synthesized for military and civilian use. Of these, the most widely used explosives in …