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In vitro anaerobic trinitrotoluene (TNT) degradation with rumen fluid ...

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4.10 HPLC chromatograms of 2NT biotransformation productes <strong>with</strong> G.8 incubation<br />

for eighteen days 65<br />

4.11 HPLC chromatograms and mass spectrums (Bottle B) of 2AT and<br />

biotransformation productes <strong>with</strong> G.8 incubation for eighteen days. 66<br />

4.12 Proposed pathways for <strong>TNT</strong> transformation <strong>with</strong> G.8 incubation. 67<br />

4.13 Progress curves for <strong>TNT</strong> transformations <strong>with</strong> lactate and nitrate as primary<br />

energy sources. 70<br />

5.1 Schematic diagram of fixed film bioreactor 84<br />

5.2 Nitrate conversions in different media containing several concentrations of <strong>TNT</strong><br />

(0, 50, and 100 mg/1) and 11.7 mg/I of lactate as carbon 87<br />

5.3 Breakthrough curve of nitrate through reactor 88<br />

5.4 Nitrate concentrations at Sampling Port A and B before feeding <strong>TNT</strong> through<br />

reactor. 90<br />

5.5 Mass spectrums of the metabolites in the effluents of the reactor. 91<br />

5.6 <strong>TNT</strong> and metabolites concentrations at the effluents of bioreactor 94<br />

I.1 Electron Microscope of G.8 in a single and group cell 108<br />

IV.1 Chemical Structure of <strong>TNT</strong> and its metabolites. 122

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