Fate of the herbicides mecoprop, dichlorprop, and 2,4-D in aerobic and anaerobic sewage sludge as determined by laboratory batch studies and enantiomer-specific analysis

Biodegradation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-278

  Zipper, Christian ^a   Bolliger, Christof ^a   Fleischmann, Thomas ^a   Suter, Marc J F ^a   Angst, Werner ^a   Müller, Markus D ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Chirality; Dichlorprop; Herbicide biodegradation; Mecoprop; Phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMETER-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; PHENOXYPROPIONIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DICHLORPROP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; MECOPROP;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; HERBICIDE; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENANTIOMER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; STEREOISOMERISM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; SEWAGE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0033398945     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008396022622     Document Type: Article

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