Toxicity, degradation and analysis of the herbicide atrazine

S Singh, V Kumar, A Chauhan, S Datta… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018‏ - Springer
Excessive use of pesticides and herbicides is a major environmental and health concern
worldwide. Atrazine, a synthetic triazine herbicide commonly used to control grassy and …

Effects of herbicide on non-target microorganisms: towards a new class of biomarkers?

C Thiour-Mauprivez, F Martin-Laurent… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Conventional agriculture still relies on the general use of agrochemicals (herbicides,
fungicides and insecticides) to control various pests (weeds, fungal pathogens and insects) …

Plasmid-mediated catabolism for the removal of xenobiotics from the environment

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, K Bhatt, D Maithani… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The large-scale application of xenobiotics adversely affects the environment. The genes that
are present in the chromosome of the bacteria are considered nonmobile, whereas the …

[كتاب][B] Microbial biotechnology: fundamentals of applied microbiology

AN Glazer, H Nikaido - 2007‏ - books.google.com
Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic
sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies such as …

Pesticide metabolism in plants and microorganisms

LL Van Eerd, RE Hoagland, RM Zablotowicz… - Weed science, 2003‏ - cambridge.org
Understanding pesticide metabolism in plants and microorganisms is necessary for
pesticide development, for safe and efficient use, as well as for develo** pesticide …

Microbial degradation of herbicides

B Singh, K Singh - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
Herbicides remain the most effective, efficient and economical way to control weeds; and its
market continues to grow even with the plethora of generic products. With the development …

Genomics of IncP-1 antibiotic resistance plasmids isolated from wastewater treatment plants provides evidence for a widely accessible drug resistance gene pool

A Schlüter, R Szczepanowski, A Pühler… - FEMS microbiology …, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
The dramatic spread of antibiotic resistance is a crisis in the treatment of infectious diseases
that affect humans. Several studies suggest that wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are …

Biodegradation of atrazine and related s-triazine compounds: from enzymes to field studies

L Wackett, M Sadowsky, B Martinez… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2002‏ - Springer
s-Triazine ring compounds are common industrial chemicals: pesticides, resin
intermediates, dyes, and explosives. The fate of these compounds in the environment is …

Pesticide bioremediation in liquid media using a microbial consortium and bacteria-pure strains isolated from a biomixture used in agricultural areas

VR Góngora-Echeverría, R García-Escalante… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Microorganisms' role in pesticide degradation has been studied widely. Insitu treatments of
effluents containing pesticides such as biological beds (biobeds) are efficient biological …

Insecticides: impact on the environment and human health

MS Ansari, MA Moraiet, S Ahmad - Environmental deterioration and …, 2014‏ - Springer
Insecticides have saved millions of human and animal lives since the date of their synthesis
and use. They have played an important role that brought revolution in the field of agriculture …