Many enteric bacteria express a type I oxygen-insensitive nitroreductase, which reduces nitro groups on many different nitroaromatic compounds under aerobic conditions. Enzymatic reduction of nitramines was also documented in enteric bacteria under anaerobic conditions. This study indicates that nitramine reduction in enteric bacteria is carried out by the type I, or oxygen-insensitive nitrored...

Waste water of municipal sewerage system contains several types’ of pathogenic bacteria which can become air borne in case of mechanical disturbance. There is some evidence which indicate that enteric diseases prevailed in communities that may be associated with aerosols generated from waste water containing enteric pathogens. The present aero-bacteriological investigation included enumeration,...