Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in contaminated soil

I McGhee; Richard G Burns

doi:10.1016/0929-1393(95)00056-Q

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Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in contaminated soil

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Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in contaminated soil

I McGhee and Richard G Burns

Applied Soil Ecology, Vol.2(3), pp.143-154

1995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0929-1393(95)00056-Q

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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid

biodegradation

inoculation

Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) was investigated in inoculated non-contaminated and contaminated soil. In 28 days three bacterial isolates (Xanthomonas maltophilia SB5, Pseudomonas sp. SB9 and Rhodococcus globerulus SA2) degraded an average of 99% 2,4-D and 99% MCPA in a spiked noncontaminated soil in comparison with 48% of 2,4-D (SB5) and 61% of MCPA (SB5) in the contaminated soil. The addition of a combined NPK fertilizer significantly increased degradation of both herbicides in inoculated (2,4-D 79% vs. 48%; MCPA 81% vs. 61%) and non-inoculated (2,4-D 75% vs. 34%; MCPA 84% vs. 70%) soil. In contrast, the addition of lime, to raise the soil pH (from 6.7 to 7.5) to the optimum for SB5 activity, inhibited degradation of 2,4-D and MCPA in both inoculated (2,4-D 24% vs. 48%; MCPA 41% vs. 61%) and non-inoculated (2,4-D 29% vs. 34%; MCPA 45% vs. 70%) soil. By 8 weeks, a significant increase in herbicide degradation, in both inoculated and non-inoculated soil, was measured in soils amended with nitrogen only (NH4NO3: 2,4-D 48%; MCPA 32%) or phosphorus only (NaHPO4.2H20: 2,4-D 48%; MCPA 37%). However, there was no significant difference in the amount of herbicide degraded in potassium-amended (K2CO3: 2,4-D 25%; MCPA 14%) and the non-amended (2,4-D 23%; MCPA 15%) soils. © 1995.

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Title: Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in contaminated soil
Authors: I McGhee (Author) - University of Kent, United Kingdom
Richard G Burns (Author) - University of Kent, United Kingdom
Publication details: Applied Soil Ecology, Vol.2(3), pp.143-154
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 1995
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(95)00056-Q
ISSN: 0929-1393
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449143102621
Output Type: Journal article

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