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MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF SELECTED ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN NATURAL AQUATIC SYSTEMS
Citation:
Ananyeva, N., N. Naumova, J. Rogers, AND W. Steen. MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATION OF SELECTED ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN NATURAL AQUATIC SYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/217 (NTIS PB93106862), 1992.
Description:
A method for describing the microbial degradation of xenobiotics through the use of a second-order reaction equation was tested in several water bodies in the United States and Russia. he experiment was aimed at studying the microbial transformation of a herbicide widely used in rice growing, propanil; of a promising new fungicide, metalaxyl; and of phenol and p-cresol. he method described, in a satisfactory way, the process of microbial degradation of potentially toxic chemicals undergoing hydrolytic or oxidative transformation. rediction of the fate of persistent compounds, like metaxyl, is difficult, however. ata bank of secondfate in any natural water source. uch predictions would be important for assessing contaminant fate and exposure in natural waters.
