| Literature DB >> 5436083 |
B G Tweedy, C Loeppky, J A Ross.
Abstract
p-Bromoaniline is rapidly acetylated by four soil microorganisms. Two fungal species convert metobromuron to p-bromoacetanilide, but a bacterial and an algal species do not metabolize metobromuron. Acetylation may serve as a detoxification mechanism by competing with azobenzene formation in utilizing the aniline formed by metabolism of substituted urea herbicides.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5436083 DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3930.482
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728