Biodegradation and Transformation of Nitroaromatic Compounds (Postprint).

摘要

The addition of a nitro group to aromatic compounds dramatically alters the chemical properties of the molecule, and consequently the biodegradation pathways evolved by bacteria for the assimilation of the unsubstituted aromatic compounds are not capable of accommodating the corresponding nitro compounds. Few natural nitroaromatic compounds are known, and release of synthetic compounds into the biosphere has been a relatively recent event. Even so, microbes have evolved a variety of strategies for metabolism of aromatic nitro compounds.