Removal of atrazine from river waters by indigenous microorganisms

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Tappin, Alan D ^a   Loughnane, J Paul ^b   McCarthy, Alan J ^b   Fitzsimons, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Bacteria; Biodegradation; Environmentally realistic; Mass spectrometry; Rivers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HERBICIDES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER;

ATRAZINE REMOVAL; ATRAZINE-DEGRADING BACTERIA; BATCH INCUBATION; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY REALISTIC; FRESH WATER; INOCULA; MICROBIAL BIODEGRADATION; RIVER WATER;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856690320     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0332-4     Document Type: Article

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