Detoxication of the herbicide diuron by Pseudomonas sp.

Journal Article

AbdelRehim, Khalid . 2000

• Publication Work Type: Paper
• Publication Online URL: http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=CZ2001000236
• Tags: Diroun ,Pseudomonas, detoxification,
• Magazine \ Newspaper: Folia Microbiologica
• Issue Number: 3
• Volume Number: 45
• Pages: 211 - 216

Publication Abstract

A strain of bacteria able to detoxicate the herbicide diuron in pure culture was isolated from sites contaminated with different urea herbicides. Diuron was used as a sole source of carbon and energy by this isolate which is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium with a single polar flagellum. The strain has been identified as Pseudomonas sp.