Biodegradation of atrazine under denitrifying conditions

@article{Crawford1998BiodegradationOA,
  title={Biodegradation of atrazine under denitrifying conditions},
  author={J. J. Crawford and Gerald K. Sims and Richard Lesley Mulvaney and Mark Radosevich},
  journal={Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology},
  year={1998},
  volume={49},
  pages={618-623}
}
Abstract Anaerobic biodegradation of atrazine by the bacterial isolate M91-3 was characterized with respect to mineralization, metabolite formation, and denitrification. The ability of the isolate to enhance atrazine biodegradation in anaerobic sediment slurries was also investigated. The organism utilized atrazine as its sole source of carbon and nitrogen under anoxic conditions in fixed-film (glass beads) batch column systems. Results of HPLC and TLC radiochromatography suggested that… 
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