Fungal degradation of nitrocellulose under aerobic conditions

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:490990

Sharma, A; Sundaram, S T; Zhang, Y Z ^[1]; Brodman, B W ^[2]

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1. Geo-Centers, Inc., Lake Hopatcong, NJ (United States)
2. Armaments Research Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (United States)

Mycelial fungi were screened alone or in combinations for their ability to degrade nitrocellulose (3 g/L) in liquid medium. All of the fungi tested used nitrocellulose to a varying extent, but a combination of Sclerotium rolfsii ATCC 24459 and Fusarium solani IFO 31093 was found to be the best because it significantly degraded nitrocellulose. About 38% of the nitrocellulose was degraded by these fungi in a 7-day period when the culture medium was buffered at pH 6.0 with morphilino ethane sulfonic acid.

• OSTI ID: 490990
• Report Number(s): CONF-950483--; ISBN 1-57477-008-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROBIC CONDITIONS
BIODEGRADATION
FUNGI
NITROCELLULOSE
PERFORMANCE
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS