Isolation from Agricultural Soil and Characterization of a Sphingomonas sp. Able to Mineralize the Phenylurea Herbicide Isoproturon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5403-5409

  Sørensen, Sebastian R ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^b   Aamand, Jens ^a  

^a Geol Surv of Denmark and Greenland ^*  (Denmark)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON; METHYLUREA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPHINGOMONAS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION; CULTURE MEDIA; HERBICIDES, UREA; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPHINGOMONAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0041971073     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5403-5409.2001     Document Type: Article

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