Degradation of pesticides by actinomycetes

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-119

  De Schrijver, Adinda ^a   De Mot, René ^a,b  

^a F A Janssens Lab of Genetics   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Biodegradation; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACETANILIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINOMYCES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PESTICIDES;

EID: 0032764571     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419991299194     Document Type: Article

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