Effects of soil pH on the biodegradation of chlorpyrifos and isolation of a chlorpyrifos-degrading bacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5198-5206

  Singh, Brajesh K ^a,b,c   Walker, Allan ^a   Morgan, J Alun W ^a   Wright, Denis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROORGANISMS; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

MINERALIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION;

CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORPYRIFOS; PESTICIDE; PH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CITROBACTER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA PROBE; ENTEROBACTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPD GENE; PANTOEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENGLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0141482150     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5198-5206.2003     Document Type: Article

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