A Review on Microbial Degradation of 2,4-Dinitrophenol

Authors

  • Sufiah Md. Zin Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Syahir Habib Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Nur Adeela Yasid Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Siti Aqlima Ahmad Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/jemat.v6i1.404

Keywords:

2,4-dinitrophenol, microbial exploitation, nitrophenols degradation, bioremediation

Abstract

Nitrophenols (NPs) is one the most widely used chemical compounds due to their mass usage in agricultural industry, medical applications and domestic activities. However, due to their intensive application in these industries, many reports have been arising in regard to the toxicity effects towards human health and the environments. It has been acknowledged that various microbial species were able to utilize the NPs as their sustenance are being exploited for their mechanistic approach. Current research has been focused on the isolation of those strains and the study of microbial species of potential environmental and biological impact. This review highlights on one of the examples of polynitrophenols - 2,4-dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP), their usage in recent industry, implications of 2,4-DNP to the human health and environmental niche, and role of 2,4-DNP-utilising microbes in current bioremediation.

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Published

31.07.2018

How to Cite

Zin, S. M., Habib, S., Yasid, N. A., & Ahmad, S. A. (2018). A Review on Microbial Degradation of 2,4-Dinitrophenol. Journal of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, 6(1), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.54987/jemat.v6i1.404

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

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