Biodegradation and toxicity of a maize herbicide mixture: mesotrione, nicosulfuron and S-metolachlor

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials Vol. 354; pp. 42 - 53
• Main Authors: Carles, Louis, Joly, Muriel, Bonnemoy, Frédérique, Leremboure, Martin, Donnadieu, Florence, Batisson, Isabelle, Besse-Hoggan, Pascale
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.07.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: active ingredients; agricultural land; agricultural soils; Analytical chemistry; Bacillus megaterium; Bacillus megaterium Mes11; biochemical pathways; biodegradation; Chemical Sciences; corn; crops; environmental fate; Environmental Sciences; Herbicide mixture; herbicide mixtures; mesotrione; metabolites; metolachlor; Microbial toxicity; nicosulfuron; prediction; Simultaneous biotransformation; synergism; toxicity; Bacillus megaterium Mes11; Herbicide mixture; Microbial toxicity; Simultaneous biotransformation; Mes11 Microbial toxicity; Bacillus megaterium

[Display omitted] •B. megaterium transforms both mesotrione and nicosulfuron, alone or in mixture.•Biotransformation pathways are not affected in binary and ternary mixtures.•Nicosulfuron degradation and metabolite formation kinetics is mixture dependent.•Binary/ternary mixtures of active ingredient...