Phytoremediation

E Pilon-Smits - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
Phytoremediation the use of plants and their associated microbes for environmental
cleanup, the use of plants and their associated microbes for environmental cleanup, has …

Phytoremediation of toxic elemental and organic pollutants

RB Meagher - Current opinion in plant biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract, sequester, and/or detoxify pollutants.
Phytoremediation is widely viewed as the ecologically responsible alternative to the …

Biological degradation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene

A Esteve-Núñez, A Caballero… - … and molecular biology …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nitroaromatic compounds are xenobiotics that have found multiple applications in the
synthesis of foams, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and explosives. These compounds are …

Organic xenobiotics removal in constructed wetlands, with emphasis on the importance of the support matrix

AV Dordio, AJP Carvalho - Journal of Hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are increasingly popular as an efficient and economical
alternative to conventional wastewater treatment processes for removal, among other …

Treatment methods for the remediation of nitroaromatic explosives

JD Rodgers, NJ Bunce - Water Research, 2001 - Elsevier
The production and use of nitroaromatic explosives for military operations have resulted in
their dissemination into the environment, where their presence in waterways and soil poses …

Microbial degradation of explosives: biotransformation versus mineralization

J Hawari, S Beaudet, A Halasz, S Thiboutot… - Applied Microbiology …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract The nitroaromatic explosive 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a reactive molecule that
biotransforms readily under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions to give …

Plant 'hairy root'culture

JV Shanks, J Morgan - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 1999 - Elsevier
Due to their fast growth rates and biochemical stability,'hairy root'cultures remain
unsurpassed as the choice for model root systems and have promise as a bioprocessing …

Advances in development of transgenic plants for remediation of xenobiotic pollutants

S Eapen, S Singh, SF D'Souza - Biotechnology advances, 2007 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation–the use of plants for cleaning up of xenobiotic compounds–has received
much attention in the last few years and development of transgenic plants tailored for …

Phytodetoxification of TNT by transgenic plants expressing a bacterial nitroreductase

N Hannink, SJ Rosser, CE French, A Basran… - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
There is major international concern over the wide-scale contamination of soil and
associated ground water by persistent explosives residues. 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is …

Soils contaminated with explosives: Environmental fate and evaluation of state-of-the-art remediation processes (IUPAC Technical Report)

D Kalderis, AL Juhasz, R Boopathy… - Pure and Applied …, 2011 - degruyter.com
An explosion occurs when a large amount of energy is suddenly released. This energy may
come from an over-pressurized steam boiler, from the products of a chemical reaction …