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An Overview of Nitro Group-Containing Compounds and Herbicides Degradation in Microorganisms

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Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds

Part of the book series: Microorganisms for Sustainability ((MICRO,volume 10))

Abstract

Basically, nitro functional group-containing chemicals have been used to synthesize various useful products like dyes, pesticides and solvents, and also military products and so on. Hence, many nitroaromatics (including nitrophenols) have been continuously released into the environment and appear in the soil and water. Some are known to be toxic due to their great impact on living systems (especially on health). Most such chemicals (nitroaromatic compounds) are listed as priority chemicals by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The vast use of such chemicals and their toxic effects had led to the study of the degradation of nitro group-containing chemicals by microbes (an easily available and cost-effective treatment). In view of this, we discuss the degradation of a few nitro group-containing compounds and herbicide(s) by microorganisms from published literature, and we consider the future perspective.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China

    Sikandar I. Mulla & Chang-Ping Yu

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

    Sikandar I. Mulla & Harichandra Z. Ninnekar

  3. Laboratory of Bioremediation and Metagenomics Research (LBMR), Department of Microbiology (DM), Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, UP, India

    Ram Naresh Bharagava & Gaurav Saxena

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    Zabin K. Bagewadi

  7. Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Ashok Kumar

  8. Department of Environmental Science, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Harshavardhan Mohan

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Mulla, S.I. et al. (2019). An Overview of Nitro Group-Containing Compounds and Herbicides Degradation in Microorganisms. In: Arora, P. (eds) Microbial Metabolism of Xenobiotic Compounds. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7462-3_16

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