Biodegradability of Atrazine, Cyanazine and Dicamba under methanogenic condition in three soils of China

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1515-1521

  Gu, Ji Guang ^a   Fan, Yanzhen ^b   Gu, Ji Dong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Cyanazine; Degradation; Dicamba; Enrichment culture; Herbicide; Metabolic pathway; Methanogenic condition

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICALS; HERBICIDES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS;

ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; METABOLIC PATHWAY; METHANOGENIC CONDITION;

SOILS;

ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; HERBICIDE; METHANE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; METHANOGENESIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHINA; HALF LIFE TIME; METHANOGENESIS; SOIL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DICAMBA; HALF-LIFE; HERBICIDES; METHANE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0142172850     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00490-9     Document Type: Article

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