TY - CHAP
T1 - An Overview of Nitro Group-Containing Compounds and Herbicides Degradation in Microorganisms
AU - Mulla, Sikandar I.
AU - Bharagava, Ram Naresh
AU - Belhaj, Dalel
AU - Saratale, Ganesh Dattatraya
AU - Bagewadi, Zabin K.
AU - Saxena, Gaurav
AU - Kumar, Ashok
AU - Mohan, Harshavardhan
AU - Yu, Chang Ping
AU - Ninnekar, Harichandra Z.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - 3,5-dinitro-ortho-cresol
KW - 4-nitrophenol
KW - Degradation
KW - Microorganisms
KW - Picric acid
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85169652256&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-7462-3_16
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-7462-3_16
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85169652256
T3 - Microorganisms for Sustainability
SP - 319
EP - 335
BT - Microorganisms for Sustainability
PB - Springer
ER -