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Transformation Of Tnt By Aquatic Plants And Plant Tissue Cultures, Joseph B. Hughes, Jacqueline V. Shanks, Mindy Vanderford, John Lauritzen, Rajiv Bhadra
Transformation Of Tnt By Aquatic Plants And Plant Tissue Cultures, Joseph B. Hughes, Jacqueline V. Shanks, Mindy Vanderford, John Lauritzen, Rajiv Bhadra
Jacqueline V. Shanks
The ability of plants to uptake and transform 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) was investigated using the aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum, axenic Myriophyllum aquaticum, and Catharanthus roseus hairy root cultures. Studies demonstrate that Myriophyllum, with or without its periphyton, and C. roseus transform TNT. Low concentrations of aminated nitrotoluenes (2-amino-4,6- dinitrotoluene and 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene) were observed in the extracellular medium and tissue extracts. Primary products of transformation were not identified, and mineralization was not observed. Mass balances demonstrate that a large percentage of the unknown TNT transformation products were associated with the plant. This fraction could be at least partially recovered from the plant …