Biodegradation of three substituted phenylurea herbicides (chlortoluron, diuron, and isoproturon) by soil fungi. A comparative study

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 2045 - 2056
• Main Authors: Vroumsia, T., Steiman, R., Seigle-Murandi, F., Benoit-Guyod, J.-L., Khadrani, A., Groupe pour l'Étude du Devenir des Xénobiotiques dans l'Environnement (GEDEXE)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1996
• Subjects: Adsorption; Biodegradation; Biodegradation, Environmental; Chlortoluron; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Culture Media; Diuron; Diuron - metabolism; Fungi; Fungi - metabolism; Herbicides - metabolism; Isoproturon; Kinetics; Methylurea Compounds - metabolism; Micromycetes; Phenylurea Compounds - metabolism; Rhizoctonia solani; Soil Microbiology; Soil Pollutants - metabolism; Biodegradation; Fungi; Chlortoluron; Diuron; Micromycetes; Isoproturon

As a part of a study conducted on the fate of xenobiotics in the environment, a selection of 90 strains of micromycetes, mostly isolated from soil and belonging to various taxonomic groups, have been cultivated in liquid synthetic medium with chlortoluron (100 mg.L −1), diuron (20 mg.L −1), and isop...