Metabolic Engineering of Seaweeds for the Detoxification of TNT- Contaminated Marine Waters.

摘要

This project provided fundamental information on the ability of native marine macroalgae, commonly known as seaweed, to tolerate, take up, and metabolize the explosive compound 2,4,6- trinitrotoluene (TNT) dissolved in seawater. Research Objectives: (1) Determine the intrinsic capacity of tissue cultures derived from three model marine macroalgae to remove TNT dissolved in seawater; (2) Measure the kinetics of TNT metabolite formation and elucidate the pathways for TNT biotransformation within these organisms; (3) Assess the viability of marine seaweeds following TNT exposure and uptake.