Biodegradation of atrazine by Rhodococcus sp. BCH2 to N-isopropylammelide with subsequent assessment of toxicity of biodegraded metabolites

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2334-2345

  Kolekar, Parag D ^a   Phugare, Swapnil S ^a,b   Jadhav, Jyoti P ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science   (India)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biodegradation; FT IR; HPTLC; LC Q TOF MS; Rhodococcus; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL FAUNA; TOXICITY TEST;

ATRAZINE; CATALASE; HERBICIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALASE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84893260673     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2151-6     Document Type: Article

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