Effects of a commercial malathion preparation on selected soil bacteria.
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.
Stanlake
G J
GJ
Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73069.
Clark
J B
JB