Monitoring the ethalfluralin biodegradation with certain bactofungi mixed culture

• Main Author: Gökhan Önder Ergüven
• Other Authors: Mühendislik Fakültesi, orcid:0000-0003-1573-080X
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Desalination Publications 2017
• Subjects: Biodegradation; Ethalfluralin; chemical oxygen demand; biochemical oxygen demand; total organic carbon; Thrace; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12406/594; http://www.deswater.com/DWT_abstracts/vol_70/70_2017_322.pdf

In this study, the biodegradation of ethalfluralin (C13H14F3N3O4), which is the most preferred herbicide in sunflower farming in Thrace region in Turkey, is investigated. Bacteria and fungi were isolated in soil samples obtained in Thrace region, and a mixed culture was prepared using equal volume o...