Journal
ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 207-214Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0463-2
Keywords
Atrazine-degrading bacteria; Agricultural soils; Enrichment techniques; Arthrobacter sp.
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- Universidad Nacional del Sur [24/A112]
- CONICET
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Three bacterial strains capable of degrading atrazine were isolated from Manfredi soils (Argentine) using enrichment culture techniques. These soils were used to grow corn and were treated with atrazine for weed control during 3 years. The strains were nonmotile Gram-positive bacilli which formed cleared zones on atrazine solid medium, and the 16S rDNA sequences indicated that they were Arthrobacter sp. strains. The atrazine-degrading activity of the isolates was characterized by the ability to grow with atrazine as the sole nitrogen source, the concomitant herbicide disappearance, and the chloride release. The atrazine-degrader strain Pseudomonas sp. ADP was used for comparative purposes. According to the results, all of the isolates used atrazine as sole source of nitrogen, and sucrose and sodium citrate as the carbon sources for growth. HPLC analyses confirmed herbicide clearance. PCR analysis revealed the presence of the atrazine catabolic genes trzN, atzB, and atzC. The results of this work lead to a better understanding of microbial degradation activity in order to consider the potential application of the isolated strains in bioremediation of atrazine-polluted agricultural soils in Argentina.
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