Section I. Overview. - 1 Basic Knowledge and Perspectives on Biodegradation of 246-Trinitrotoluene and Related Nitroaromatic Compounds in Contaminated Soil. - Section II. Aerobic Bacteria. - 2 Bacterial Degradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds under Aerobic Conditions. - 3 Microbial Production of Catechols From Nitroaromatic Compounds. - 4 Potential of Toluene-Degrading Systems for the Construction of Hybrid Pathways for Nitrotoluene Metabolism. - Section III. Anaerobic Bacteria. - 5 Anaerobic Transformation of 246-Trinitrotoluene and Other Nitroaromatic Compounds. - 6 Biodegradation of Nitrated Munition Compounds and Herbicides by Obligately Anaerobic Bacteria. - 7 Reductive Metabolism of Nitroaromatic and Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. - Section IV. Fungi. - 8 Biodegradation of 246-Trinitrotoluene by the White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete Chrysosporium. - 9 Pathway of 246-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Degradation by Phanerochaete Chrysosporium. - Section V. Related Biochemistry. - 10 Bioorganic Chemistry of the Arylhydroxylamine and Nitrosoarene Functional Groups. - 11 Transformation of Inorganic N-Oxides by Denitrifying and Nitrifying Bacteria: Pathways Mechanisms and Relevance to Biotransformation of Nitroaromatic Compounds. - 12 Environmental Processes Influencing the Rate of Abiotic Reduction of Nitroaromatic Compounds in the Subsurface. Language: English