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. 1971 Sep;22(3):284–288. doi: 10.1128/am.22.3.284-288.1971

Degradation of Linuron and Some Other Herbicides and Fungicides by a Linuron-Inducible Enzyme Obtained from Bacillus sphaericus

G Engelhardt 1,2, P R Wallnöfer 1,2, R Plapp 1,2
PMCID: PMC376300  PMID: 5119200

Abstract

Linuron [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-methoxy-1-methylurea] induces the formation of an enzyme (acylamidase) responsible for the degradation of a large variety of different herbicides and fungicides of the acylanilide and phenylurea type. The former type is degraded at a rate at least 10 times higher than the latter.

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