Evidence of atrazine mineralization in a soil from the Nile Delta: Isolation of Arthrobacter sp. TES6, an atrazine-degrading strain

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1255

  El Sebaï, Talaat ^a   Devers Lamrani, Marion ^b   Changey, Frédérique ^b   Rouard, Nadine ^b   Martin Laurent, Fabrice ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter sp; Atrazine; Atz and trz genes; Biodegradation

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP; ATRAZINE BIODEGRADATION; ATRAZINE MINERALIZATION; ATRAZINES; ATZ AND TRZ GENES; CYANURIC ACIDS; DNA FINGERPRINTS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GENE COMBINATIONS; GENETIC POTENTIAL; LARGE PLASMIDS; NILE DELTA; PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES; S-TRIAZINES; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; RNA; SOILS; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENRICHMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PHYLOGENY;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80055037818     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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