Bacterial metabolism under conditions representing pesticide disposal pits.
Bacterial cultures were incubated with pesticides at concentrations ranging from 1 to 5,000 ppm. The species selected are important in one or more of the following biogeochemical processes: nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, sulfur oxidation, sulfate reduction, carbon dioxide fixation, and respiratory carbon dioxide evolution. The pesticides used were atrazine, alachlor, carbaryl, parathion, trifluralin, and 2,4-D. Bacterial cultures were exposed to commercial formulations of these pesticides and to pesticide samples from active disposal pits.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010575:Pesticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism
D010575:Pesticides; D013455:Sulfur; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen