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Non-Ligninolytic TNT Mineralization in Contaminated Soil by Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Authors:Sisir K. Dutta   Michelle M. Jackson  Li Hua Hou  David Powell  Henry E. Tatem
Affiliation: a Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, and Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.b U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS 39180.
Abstract:The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is widely used and results in widespread soil contamination. The white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been shown to degrade TNT, using the peroxidase enzyme. In this study, we report peroxidase-independent degradation of TNT by non-ligninolytic P. chrysosporium. Significant disappearance of TNT from highly contaminated soil using P. chrysosporium has been observed. Soil highly contaminated with TNT (2270 ppm [10 mM]) was diluted to 100 ppm (0.44 mM) with malt extract medium. Pregrown (48 hours) mycelial pellets of P. chrysosporium were added in 100 mL malt extract medium and incubated in Gledhill flasks. Analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was conducted on soil extracts at specific time points to estimate the disappearance of TNT from contaminated soil incubated with P. chrysosporium. When the pregrown mycelial pellets were added, TNT disappeared within 48 hours. The dissolved concentration of 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene (2Am-DNT) increased up to the third day, then declined before its final disappearance by day 10. Results show that the pregrown mycelial pellets of P. chrysosporium mineralized up to 17.3±6.3% [14C]-TNT within 30 days.
Keywords:TNT (2  4  6-trinitrotoluene)  2Am-DNT (2-amino-4  6-dinitrotoluene)  Phanerochaete chrysosporium  TNT-contami-nated soil  ligninolytic  non-ligninolytic
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