Reductive dehalogenation of a nitrogen heterocyclic herbicide in anoxic aquifer slurries.
We studied the metabolic fate of bromacil in anaerobic aquifer slurries held under denitrifying, sulfate-reducing, or methanogenic conditions. Liquid chromatograhy-mass spectrometry of the slurries confirmed that bromacil was debrominated under methanogenic conditions but was not degraded under the other incubation conditions. This finding extends the range of aryl reductive dehalogenation reactions to include nitrogen heterocyclic compounds.
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0245.
Suflita
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