The potential of soil microorganisms to mineralize atrazine as predicted by MCH-PCR followed by nested PCR

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 425-432

  Shapir, Nir ^a   Goux, Sebastien ^b   Mandelbaum, Raphi T ^a   Pussemier, Luc ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrazine; MCH PCR; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ATRAZINE; MINERALIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRIDIZATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0039763596     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w00-004     Document Type: Article

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