Session 24: Bioremediation of explosive-contaminated soil and water
Wednesday, July 27, 2016: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Couteau, 5th Fl (Sheraton New Orleans)
Conveners:
Raj Boopathy - Nicholls State University and Karl Indest - US Army Corp of Engineering
In the US, every state has at least one army ammunition plant with many thousands of acres that are contaminated with explosives and propellants from many decades of unregulated disposal of contaminants. Most of these plants are in caretaker status and the army has to clean up the land before it can give it back to local government for various uses.  There are several ground-breaking discoveries in the bioremediation of explosive-contaminated soil and water by many researchers. In this session speakers will share their recent discoveries in this field.  The research includes basic to applied to solve the real world problem of cleaning up the contaminated soil.
8:00 AM
S128
Bioremediation of soil contaminated with explosives in Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, Minden, Louisiana
Raj Boopathy, Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
8:30 AM
S129
Microbial communities associated with the biotransformation potential of insensitive explosives in surface soils
Fiona Crocker1, Carina Jung1, Karl Indest1, Mrs. Dawn Hancock1, Jed Eberly1 and Mr. Gary Blakeney2, (1)Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, (2)Bennett Aerospace, Vicksburg, MS
9:00 AM
S130
Putative RDX degraders and functional genes in groundwater and sediment samples from two Navy sites
Alison Cupples, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
9:30 AM
Break, Grand Ballroom Foyer 5th Fl
10:00 AM
S131
Sequencing batch reactor for biotransformation of 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO)
Jennifer Weidhaas, Alexander Panaccione, Angela Anderson and Saraswati Poudel Acharya, Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
10:30 AM
S132
Biotransformation pathways dictating the fate in soil of insensitive munition compounds, 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one (NTO)
Jim A. Field1, Reyes Sierra-Alvarez1, Mark Krzmarzick2, Camila L. Madeira1, Christopher I. Olivares1, Jon Chorover3 and Leif Abrell4, (1)Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (2)Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (3)Soil, Water & Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (4)Soil, Water & Environmental Science and Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
11:00 AM
S133
Characterization of a riboswitch for detection of the insensitive munition hexahydro-1,3-5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX).
Jed Eberly, Fiona Crocker, Mr. Matthew Carr and Dr. Michael Mayo, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
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