Rapid atrazine mineralisation in soil slurry and moist soil by inoculation of an atrazine-degrading Pseudomonas sp. strain

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 624-630

  Wenk, M ^a,b   Baumgartner, T ^a,c   Dobovsek J ^a,d   Fuchs, T ^a,e   Kucsera, J ^a   Zopfi, J ^a,f   Stucki, G ^a  

^a CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Novartis Pharma Inc   (Switzerland)

^c Analyt Devmt and Product Chemistry   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Plant Biology ^*  (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HERBICIDES; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0031804734     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051224     Document Type: Article

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