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.
FOOTNOTES
↵* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité de Phytopharmacie et des Médiateurs Chimiques, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France. Phone: (33 1)-30-83-31-02. Fax: (33 1)-30-83-31-19. Electronic mail address: mougin@versailles.inra.fr.
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