Characterization of novel linuron-mineralizing bacterial consortia enriched from long-term linuron-treated agricultural soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-385

  Breugelmans, Philip ^a   D'Huys, Pieter Jan ^a   De Mot, René ^a   Springael, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Consortium; Enrichment; Linuron; Metabolic interactions; Soil

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; CASAMINO ACID; HYDROXYLAMINE; LINURON; N,O DIMETHYLHYDROXYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AFIPIA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HYDROGENOPHAGA; HYPHOMICROBIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; VARIOVORAX; WAUTERSIA;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMAMONADACEAE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDES; LINURON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ACHROMOBACTER; AFIPIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS; HYDROGENOPHAGA; HYPHOMICROBIUM; VARIOVORAX;

EID: 35948948729     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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