ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
An organism found to be growing on moist double-base propellant, containing nitrocellulose (NC) and nitroglycerine aerobically degraded NC in submerged cultivation. This organism, which was subsequently identified as Penicillium corylophilum Dierckx, was able to degrade the NC (13.17%N) when it was present as the sole nitrogen source, in conjunction with either starch or xylan as a carbon source. It was found that 20% of the NC was utilized in a 3-day period. Also, NC degradation was studied utilizing Fusarium solani IFO 31093, a denitrifying fungus, in combination with P. corylophilum; however, no increased utilization was observed. Evidence for the degradation includes a decrease in the NC weight, an increase in the biomass weight, the presence of celluloytic and denitrifying enzymes, and other appropriate growth parameters. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
4 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1995.070551315
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