Constitutive mineralization of low concentrations of the herbicide linuron by a Variovorax sp. strain

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Sørensen, Sebastian R ^a   Simonsen, Allan ^a   Aamand, Jens ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Low concentrations; Phenylurea herbicides

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; HERBICIDE; LINURON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOAUGMENTATION; BIODEGRADATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CULTURE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIOVORAX;

BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMAMONADACEAE; HERBICIDES; LINURON; STAINING AND LABELING;

VARIOVORAX;

EID: 60349112649     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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