Glyphosate-Degrading Microorganisms from Industrial Activated Sludge
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 51 (2) , 432-434
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.51.2.432-434.1986
Abstract
A plating medium was developed to isolate N-phosphonomethylglycine (glyphosate)-degrading microorganisms, with glyphosate as the sole phosphorus source. Two industrial biosystems treating glyphosate wastes contained elevated microbial counts on the medium. One purified isolate metabolized glyphosate to aminomethylphosphonic acid, mineralizing this accumulating intermediate during log growth. This microorganism has been identified as a Flavobacterium species.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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