C, N, and H Isotope fractionation of the herbicide lsoproturon reflects different microbial transformation pathways

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2372-2378

  Penning, Holger ^a   Sørensen, Sebastian R ^b   Meyer, Armin H ^a   Aamand, Jens ^b   Elsner, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC HYDROLYSIS; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION REACTIONS; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DIMETHYLUREA; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXISTING METHOD; FUNGAL STRAINS; ISOPROPYL GROUPS; ISOPROTURON; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPE PATTERN; MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION; PESTICIDE DEGRADATION; PHENYLUREA HERBICIDES; PURE CULTURE; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SPHINGOMONAS SP;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HERBICIDES; HYDROLYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WEED CONTROL;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; HERBICIDE; HYDROGEN; ISOPROTURON; N DEMETHYLASE; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FUNGUS; HERBICIDE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPHINGOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENT; HERBICIDES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 77950394116     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9031858     Document Type: Article

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