Browsing School of Pure and Applied Sciences by Subject "Enterobacter cloacae"

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Biodegradation of s-triazine herbicide atrazine by Enterobacter cloacae and Burkholderia cepacia sp. from long-term treated sugarcane-cultivated soils in Kenya

Ngigi, Anastasiah N.; Getenga, Zachary M.; Boga, Hamadi I.; Ndalut, Paul K. (Taylor & Francis, 2011-09-26)

In this study soils from sugarcane-cultivated ﬁelds were screened for bacterial species capable of atrazine (6-chloro-N2-ethyl-N4isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine)degradationduetolongexposureofthesoilstothisherbicide. ...
Isolation and Identification of Hexazinone-Degrading Bacterium from Sugarcane-Cultivated Soil in Kenya

Ngigi, Anastasiah; Getenga, za; Boga, Hamadi; Ndalut, Paul (Springer US, 2014)

The s-triazine herbicide hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl-6-dimethylamino-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)- dione], is widely used in agriculture for weed control. Laboratory biodegradation experiments for hexazinone in ...