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Hyphomicrobium species MAP-1 and the biochemical degradation pathway. Biodegradation
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Wang LW, Li F, Zhan Y, Zhu LZ (2016b) Shifts in microbial community structure during in situ
surfactant-enhanced bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil.
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phytoremediation. Environ Sci Technol 43:9413–9418. https://doi.org/10.1021/es901997z
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0005-2744(67)90099-X
Xia H, Ma X (2006) Phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) from
water. Bioresour Technol 97(8):1050–1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2005.04.039
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detection of metabolites. Adv Mater Res 518:29–33. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.
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Phyto-rhizoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated soils: an outlook on plantmicrobe beneficial interactions. Sci Total Environ 575:1395–1406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
scitotenv.2016.09.218
Verma JP, Jaiswal DK, Sagar R (2014) Pesticide relevance and their microbial degradation: a-stateof-art. Rev Environ Sci Technol 13:429–466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-014-9341-7
Wackett LP (2004) Stable isotope probing in biodegradation research. Trends Biotechnol
22:153–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.01.013
Wackett L, Sadowsky M, Martinez B, Shapir N (2002) Biodegradation of atrazine and related
S-triazine compounds: from enzymes to field studies. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 58:39–45.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-001-0862-y
Wadhwa S, Gill RS (2007) Effect of Bt-cotton on biodiversity of natural enemies. J Biol Control 21
(1):9–16
Walia A, Sumal K, Kumari S (2018) Effect of chlorpyrifos and malathion on soil microbial
population and enzyme activity. Acta Sci Microbiol 1(4):14–22. https://doi.org/10.31080/
ASMI.2018.01.0033
Wang GM, Dai H, Li YG, Li XL, Zhang JZ, Zhang L, Fu YY, Li ZG (2010a) Simultaneous
determination of residues of trichlorfon and dichlorvos in animal tissues by LC-MS/MS. Food
Addit Contam Part A 27:983–988. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440041003671270
Wang L, Wen Y, Guo X, Wang GL, Li SP, Jiang JD (2010b) Degradation of methamidophos by
Hyphomicrobium species MAP-1 and the biochemical degradation pathway. Biodegradation
21:513–523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-009-9320-9
Wang S, Zhang C, Yan Y (2012) Biodegradation of methyl parathion and p-nitrophenol by a newly
isolated Agrobacterium sp. strain Yw12. Biodegradation 23(1):107–116. https://doi.org/10.
1007/s10532-011-9490-0
Wang NF, Zhang T, Yang X, Wang S, Yu Y, Dong LL, Guo YD, Ma YX, Zang JY (2016a)
Diversity and composition of bacterial community in soils and lake sediments from an arctic
lake area. Front Microbiol 7:1170. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01170
Wang LW, Li F, Zhan Y, Zhu LZ (2016b) Shifts in microbial community structure during in situ
surfactant-enhanced bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil.
Environ Sci Pollut Res 23:14451–14461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6630-4
Wang XX, Sun LN, Wu H, Wang H, Chen S, Li HC (2016c) In-site experiment on surfactantsenhanced for biodegradation of DDTs-contaminated farmland soils by Arthrobacter
globiformis. Chin J Environ Eng 10:6768–6774
Wani PA, Zaidi A, Khan AA, Khan MS (2005) Effect of phorate on phosphate solubilization and
indole acetic acid releasing potentials of rhizospheric microorganisms. Ann Plant Protect Sci 13
(1):139–144
Weiner JA, DeLorenzo ME, Fulton MH (2004) Relationship between uptake capacity and differential toxicity of the herbicide atrazine in selected microalgal species. Aquat Toxicol 68
(2):121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2004.03.004
Werck-Reichhart D, Hehn A, Didierjean L (2000) Cytochromes P450 for engineering herbicide
tolerance. Trends Plant Sci 5(3):116–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01567-3
Weyens N, van der Lelie D, Artois T, Smeets K, Taghavi S, Newman L, Carleer R, Vangronsveld J
(2009) Bioaugmentation with engineered endophytic bacteria improves contaminant fate in
phytoremediation. Environ Sci Technol 43:9413–9418. https://doi.org/10.1021/es901997z
Wolfenden R, Spence G (1967) Depression of phosphomonoesterase and phosphodiesterase activities in Aerobacter aerogenes. Biochem Biophys Acta 146:296–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/
0005-2744(67)90099-X
Xia H, Ma X (2006) Phytoremediation of ethion by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) from
water. Bioresour Technol 97(8):1050–1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2005.04.039
Xiao PF, Mori T, Kondo R (2012) Bioconversion of heptachlor epoxide by wood-decay fungi and
detection of metabolites. Adv Mater Res 518:29–33. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.
net/AMR.518-523.29
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