Mineralisation of the herbicide linuron by Variovorax sp. strain RA8 isolated from Japanese river sediment using an ecosystem model (microcosm)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 847-852

  Satsuma, Koji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 4 dichloroaniline; Linuron; Mineralisation; Phenylurea herbicides; River sediment; Variovorax

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; LINURON; MINERAL;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; COMAMONADACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMAMONADACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; JAPAN; LINURON; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VARIOVORAX;

EID: 77954634063     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1951     Document Type: Article

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