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Experiments with flow-through and batch reactor systems, incubated either under air or under hydrogen, confirm literature data that atrazine present at low concentrations in water is very recalcitrant to microbial metabolism. Only a temporary adsorption could be observed. Dimethylamine and cyanuric acid, added at trace levels, failed to induce breakdown of atrazine.
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Dries, D., De Corte, B., Liessens, J. et al. Recalcitrance of atrazine at low levels to aerobic and hydrogenotrophic micro-organisms. Biotechnol Lett 9, 811–816 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028289
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