Analysis of atrazine-degrading microbial communities in soils using most-probable-number enumeration, DNA hybridization, and inhibitors

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1449-1459

  Ostrofsky, Ellen B ^a   Robinson, Jayne B ^b   Traina, Samuel J ^a   Tuovinen, Olli H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biodegradation of atrazine; Gene probing; Hybridization; Triazine

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP; RHODOCOCCUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036794681     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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