Dieldrin: degradation by soil microorganism.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 156 ·No. 3777 ·1967-05-19 ·Pages 959-61

Matsumura F, Boush GM

Abstract

An attempt was made to discover microorganisms that degrade dieldrin, an extremely stable chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide. Examination of more than 500 isolates from soil that had been heavily contaminated with various insecticides revealed the existence of a few microbes that are very active in degrading this compound to various metabolites.

MeSH Terms

Autoradiography Bacillus/metabolism Chromatography, Thin Layer Dieldrin/metabolism Mitosporic Fungi/metabolism Pseudomonas/metabolism Soil Microbiology

Chemicals

Dieldrin

Authors & Affiliations

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Matsumura F

Boush G M

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.156.3777.959

Published

1967-05-19

Pages

959-61

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3777.959 View journal details

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