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Evidence for extensive anaerobic dechlorination and transformation of the pesticide chlordecone (C(10)Cl(10)O) by indigenous microbes in microcosms from Guadeloupe soil

The historic use of chlordecone (C(10)Cl(10)O) as a pesticide to control banana weevil infestations has resulted in pollution of large land areas in the French West Indies. Although currently banned, chlordecone persists because it adsorbs strongly to soil and its complex bis-homocubane structure is...

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Autores principales: Lomheim, Line, Laquitaine, Laurent, Rambinaising, Suly, Flick, Robert, Starostine, Andrei, Jean-Marius, Corine, Edwards, Elizabeth A., Gaspard, Sarra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7153859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32282845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231219