Estimating the biodegradation of pesticide in soils by monitoring pesticide-degrading gene expression

Biodegradation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-213

  Monard, Cécile ^a,c   Martin Laurent, Fabrice ^b   Lima, Oscar ^a   Devers Lamrani, Marion ^b   Binet, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrazine; mRNA; Natural attenuation; RT qPCR; Soil RNA extraction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ATRAZINE MINERALIZATION; BIODEGRADATION PERFORMANCE; COPY NUMBER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; MRNA; PESTICIDE BIODEGRADATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE-PCR; RNA EXTRACTION; RT-QPCR; SOIL SAMPLE;

BIODEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ATRAZINE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MINERALIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PESTICIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874578794     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-012-9574-5     Document Type: Article

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