Detoxication of the herbicide diuron by Pseudomonas sp.
A strain of bacteria able to detoxicate the herbicide diuron in pure culture was isolated from sites contaminated with different urea herbicides. Diuron was used as a sole source of carbon and energy by this isolate which is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium with a single polar flagellum, and grows at 40 degrees C. The strain has been identified as Pseudomonas sp.
Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag, Egypt.
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D004237:Diuron / Q000378:metabolism*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D006540:Herbicides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D004237:Diuron