Enantioselective microbial transformation of the phenylpyrazole insecticide fipronil in anoxic sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8301-8307

  Jones, W Jack ^a   Mazur, Christopher S ^a   Kenneke, John F ^a   Garrison, A Wayne ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; INSECTICIDES; MICROORGANISMS; SLURRIES;

ENANTIOMERIC FRACTION (EF); ENANTIOSELECTIVE MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION;

SEDIMENTS;

AMIDE; FERROUS SULFIDE; FIPRONIL; PYRITE; SULFIDE; WATER;

ENANTIOMERS; INSECTICIDES; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS; SLURRIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; INSECTICIDE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SLURRY; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; METABOLITE; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INSECTICIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PYRAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 37249053860     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071409s     Document Type: Article

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