Complete biodegradation of atrazine by a microbial community isolated from a naturally derived river ecosystem (microcosm)

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-596

  Satsuma, Koji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrazine mineralization; Bacterial community; Freshwater environment; Nocardioides; Pedomicrobium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MINERALOGY; POLYOLS;

ATRAZINE MINERALIZATION; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; NOCARDIOIDES; PEDOMICROBIUM;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; ATRAZINE CHLOROHYDROLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYANURIC ACID; ETHYLAMINE; PROPAZINE; SIMAZINE; TRIAZINE HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NOCARDIOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDOMICROBIUM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIOIDES; NOCARDIOIDES SP.; PEDOMICROBIUM; PEDOMICROBIUM SP.;

EID: 70349194477     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.035     Document Type: Article

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