Isolation of pesticide-degrading actinomycetes from a contaminated site: Bacterial growth, removal and dechlorination of organochlorine pesticides

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-441

  Fuentes, M S ^a   Benimeli, C S ^a,b   Cuozzo, S A ^a   Amoroso, M J ^a,b,c  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Dechlorination; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CHLORIDE IONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE REMOVAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SUPERNATANTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLOHEXANE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; INSECTICIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORIDE; DECHLORINATION; GROWTH RATE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARGENTINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROMONOSPORA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 77954952874     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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