Long-term maintenance of rapid atrazine degradation in soils inoculated with atrazine degraders

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Goux, Sébastien ^a,c   Shapir, Nir ^b   Fantroussi, Säd E ^c   Lelong, Stéphanie ^a   Agathos, Spiros N ^c   Pussemier, L ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Atrazine degraders; Biodegradation; DGGE; Inoculation; Soil bioremediation

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; INOCULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344661289     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023998222016     Document Type: Article

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