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  • Title: Rapid degradation of the triazinone herbicide metamitron by a Rhodococcus sp. isolated from treated soil.
    Author: Parekh NR, Walker A, Roberts SJ, Welch SJ.
    Journal: J Appl Bacteriol; 1994 Nov; 77(5):467-75. PubMed ID: 8002472.
    Abstract:
    Seven bacterial isolates which degraded the herbicide metamitron (3-methyl-4-amino-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazin-5-one) were obtained from field-enhanced soil by liquid enrichment culture. All isolates appeared to be identical and a representative, 0246b, was identified as a Rhodococcus sp. by cell wall and fatty acid analyses. This isolate degraded metamitron as the sole source of carbon within 24 h at 25 degrees C and this is the first report of a bacterium capable of growing with metamitron as the sole source of carbon. Metamitron was degraded less rapidly when it was the sole source of both carbon and nitrogen. The rate and extent of degradation was affected by the presence and type of additional sources of carbon and nitrogen in the culture medium. In studies with [14C]-phenyl-labelled metamitron Rhodococcus sp. 0246b partly mineralized the phenyl ring.
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