title: Biotransformation of the Herbicide Atrazine by the White Rot Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: Biotransformation of atrazine by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium was demonstrated by a 48% decrease of the initial herbicide concentration in the growth medium within the first 4 days of incubation, which corresponded to the mycelium-growing phase. Results clearly established the mineralization of the ethyl group of the herbicide. Analysis of the growth medium showed the formation of hydroxylated and/or N-dealkylated metabolites of atrazine during fungal degradation.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Phytopharmacie et des Médiateurs Chimiques, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mougin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laugero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asther
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubroca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frasse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asther