title: Effects of a commercial malathion preparation on selected soil bacteria.
abstract: The aromatic petroleum distillates present in a commercial preparation of malathion insecticide had a greater effect on viability of pure cultures of soil bacteria than did the malathion, whereas neither component had an effect on the population of the natural soil community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73069.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Stanlake
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Clark