ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY: Top paper: Microbes thrive with tobacco's TNT cleanup.

Authors :: Lubick, Naomi
Source :: Environmental Science & Technology. 4/1/2008, Vol. 42 Issue 7, p2218-2219. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: The article discusses an environmental research paper entitled "Impact of Transgenic Tobacco on Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Contaminated Soil Community." The paper shows that genetically modified plants can clean up TNT and further the remediation process for microbial communities. The method uses tobacco plants as a base.

Subjects :: *TOBACCO research
*ENVIRONMENTAL engineering
*TRANSGENIC plants
*ENVIRONMENTAL protection
*TNT (Chemical)

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