Modelling of microbial degradation of pesticides in soils
โ Scribed by Guy Soulas; Bernard Lagacherie
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0178-2762
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
graphy, capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. The test chemical, [ring-U-14 C]paraquat (speciยฎc activity, 2.0 GBq mmol ร1 ) was supplied by the Jealott's Hill radiochemistry department. The radiochemical was diluted with non-radiolabelled paraquat (99.7% pure) prior to use. ## 3 Results
The potential of microbial degradation of PCB in contaminated actual site soil was investigated by incubation in percolation columns for 10 months. The addition of traces of mineral salts and nutrients resulted in a significant increase of the degradation of PCB congeners up to 5 Cl-atoms caused by