Bibliographic citations
Durán, Y., (2013). Caracterización molecular de bacterias degradadoras de pentaeritritol tetranitrato (PETN) aisladas de ambientes mineros y evaluación de su eficiencia de degradación [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/2633
Durán, Y., Caracterización molecular de bacterias degradadoras de pentaeritritol tetranitrato (PETN) aisladas de ambientes mineros y evaluación de su eficiencia de degradación [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/2633
@misc{renati/485594,
title = "Caracterización molecular de bacterias degradadoras de pentaeritritol tetranitrato (PETN) aisladas de ambientes mineros y evaluación de su eficiencia de degradación",
author = "Durán Ramírez, Yerson",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2013"
}
Explosives are considered pollutants for their xenobiotic characteristics. They constitute a health hazard because some of them are toxic and carcinogenic. Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) is included among the most energetic and xenobiotic explosive for its ester bonds that are difficult to degrade. As this explosive is widely used in mining, oil and other activities in Peru, in the present study we evaluated PETN degradation capacity of bacterial strains isolated from mining environments to develop techniques to mitigate pollution and explosives risk. J8A2 and M1B strains were identified as Bacillus sp. and Enterobacter sp. respectively, and demonstrated a great PETN degradation efficiency. Degradation kinetics results showed specific growth rate of 0.057 h-1 for J8A2 and 0.042 h-1 for M1B, and specific rate of PETN degradation of 0.72 mmol of PETN/g of protein.h and 1.16 mmol of PETN/g of protein.h, respectively. However, the growth yield of J8A2 was 39.7 ± 2.1 g of protein/mol of PETN and the growth yield of M1B was 21.56 ± 1.5 g of protein/mol of PETN. Furthermore, crude extract of J8A2 strain showed a specific activity (U) of 1.03 mmol of PETN/h and a specific activity per protein (U/g) of 138.6 mmol of PETN/g.h. In conclusion, these findings demonstrated the presence of PETN degrading bacteria in mining environments with potential to be applied in bioremediation processes. Keywords: Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, contamination, mining, biodegradation, Bacillus sp., Enterobacter sp.
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