Use of trinitrobenzene as a nitrogen source by Pseudomonas vesicularis isolated from soil
- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Research Div.
An aerobic Gram-negative bacterium identified as Pseudomonas vesicularis was isolated from soil contaminated with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TNB). This bacterium used TNB as the sole source of nitrogen. The TNB was metabolized within 80 h of incubation. The major metabolites produced were dinitroaniline, dinitrobenzene (DNB), nitroaniline, nitrobenzene (NB), and ammonia. The concentrations of DNB and NB produced in the culture medium were nearly stoichiometric. The ammonia concentration in the culture medium increased during the course of incubation. The end product of TNB metabolism was NB, which did not undergo further degradation even after long incubation time. This bacterium could be used in a syntrophic culture system with other NB-degrading bacteria to remove TNB completely from soil and water at contaminated sites.
- OSTI ID:
- 564050
- Journal Information:
- Current Microbiology, Vol. 34; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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