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Detoxication of the herbicide diuron byPseudomonas sp.

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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, and grows at 40°C. The strain has been identified asPseudomonas sp.

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    B. A. El-Deeb, S. M. Soltan & K. A. Ali

  2. National Center of Research, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    A. M. Ali

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El-Deeb, B.A., Soltan, S.M., Ali, A.M. et al. Detoxication of the herbicide diuron byPseudomonas sp.. Folia Microbiol 45, 211–216 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908946

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