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Abstract
An attempt was made to discover microorganisms that degrade dieldrin, an extremely stable chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide. Examination of more than 500 isolates from soil that had been heavily contaminated with various insecticides revealed the existence of a few microbes that are very active in degrading this compound to various metabolites.Entities:
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Year: 1967 PMID: 6067161 DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3777.959
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728