Application of 14C-most-probable-number technique to enumerate atrazine-degrading microorganisms in soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-529

  Jayachandran, K ^a   Stolpe, N B ^b   Moorman, T B ^c   Shea, P J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ENUMERATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER;

EID: 0031900425     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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