Pentaerythritol tetranitrate degradation

Figure 4. Scheme of pentaerythritol tetranitrate degradation - The degradation continued via pentaerythritol mononitrate to pentaerythritol, which might be utilized as a carbon source. 

Degradation of pentaerythritol tetranitrate by Ent. cloacae (French et al. 1996) and of glyceryltrinitrate by K. oxytoca (Marshall White 2001). 

French CE, S Nicklin, NC Brnce (1998) Aerobic degradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotolnene by Enterobacter cloacae PB2, and by pentaerythritol tetranitrate rednctase. Appl Environ Microbiol 64 2864-2868. 

Binks PR, CE French, S Nicklin, NC Bruce (1996) Degradation of pentaerythritol tetranitrate by Enterobacter cloacae PB2. Appl Environ Microbiol 62 1214-1219. 

S. Y. P. King, H. L. Fung, Rapid Microbial Degradation of Organic Nitrates in Rat Excreta. Re-Examination of the Urinary and Fecal Profiles of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate in the Rat , Drug Metab. Dispos. 1984, 12, 353-357. 

French CE, Nicklin S, and Bruce NC, Aerobic degradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Enterobacter cloacae PB2 and pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 64, 2864, 1998. 

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