In-field spatial variability in the degradation of the phenyl-urea herbicide isoproturon is the result of interactions between degradative Sphingomonas spp. and Soil pH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 827-834

  Bending, Gary D ^a   Lincoln, Suzanne D ^a   Sørensen, Sebastian R ^b   Morgan, J Alun W ^a   Aamand, Jens ^b   Walker, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; PH EFFECTS; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE WATERS; UREA;

COMETABOLIC DEGRADATION;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON; PHENYL GROUP; UREA DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; PH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEGRADATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; UREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0037317253     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.827-834.2003     Document Type: Article

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