Won W D, DiSalvo L H, Ng J
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1976 Apr;31(4):576-80. doi: 10.1128/aem.31.4.576-580.1976.
TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene) of explosive grade is highly toxic to marine forms that included fresh water unicellular green algae (Selenastrum capricornutum), tidepool copepods (Tigriopus californicus), and oyster larvae (Crassostrea gigas), and mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium. On the basis of mutagenic assays carried out with a set of histidine-requiring strains of the bacterium, TNT was detected as a frameshift mutagen that significantly accelerates the reversion rate of a frameshift tester, TA-98. In contrast, the major microbial metabolites of TNT appeared to be nontoxic and nonmutagenic.
爆炸级的三硝基甲苯(TNT)对多种海洋生物具有高毒性,这些生物包括淡水单细胞绿藻(羊角月牙藻)、潮间带桡足类动物(加州虎斑猛水蚤)和牡蛎幼虫(太平洋牡蛎),并且对鼠伤寒沙门氏菌具有致突变性。基于对一组需要组氨酸的该细菌菌株进行的致突变性测定,TNT被检测为一种移码诱变剂,它能显著加速移码测试菌株TA - 98的回复突变率。相比之下,TNT的主要微生物代谢产物似乎无毒且无致突变性。