• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.209-215
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• 2000

The purpose of U7is work was to iilvestigate the degradation of s-h~azine hel-hicidcs, ahilzine and simazine by TNT-degrader under several relevaut physicochemical environ~nental parameters. TNT-degrader showed effective degradability of atrazine and snnazine as well. Both atrazme (GO 1i1~11) and simazine ( 4 5 rng//) were completely degraded within 30 hrs and 4 days of incubation, respectively. As d ~ e concentrations of atrazine and sunazine increased in the media, the degradation ofthose compounds were delayed. Additional caubans were essential to degrade atrazine and simazule, and no degradation was achieved in the absence of additional carbons. The effect of supplemented nitrogens on the degradation of atrazine and sunazine was evalualed. Addition of a suppleinented nitrogen in he growth medium containing ah-azine or siinazine showed partial degr-adation olihose herbicides duriug the incubation period. However, complete degradation of atrazine and simazu~e was examined ul the absence or any supplemented nitrogens. Addltion of yeast extract in this study was inhibilory to atrazine aud siinazine degradations, respectively. TNT-degrader was a small Gram-negative cocco-bacillus. Physiological analysis using BIOLOG sysleln revealed that this strain was Ste~~ol~~opl~orno~~ns rrialtophilia.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.311-314
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• 2002

국내에서 자생하는 포플러중 현사시, 양황철, 이태리포플러를 대상으로 제초제인 atrazine의 제거특성을 조사하였다 Atrazine이 포플러에 미치는 독성을 평가하고, 식물체에 의한 atrazine 제거효율 및 제거속도를 조사하였다. 또한 식물체의 체내로의 흡수에 의해 atrazine이 제거되므로 식물체로 흡수된 후의 생물학적 변환 과정에 대해서도 조사하였다. 현사시, 양황철, 이태리포플러 모두 실험이 진행된 전범위의 농도에서 황백화현상, 낙엽증가, 생체량 감소와 같은 식물독성을 나타냈으며, 현사시인 경우 양황청 및 이태리 포플러에 비해 상대적으로 민감한 반응을 나타내었다. Atrazine 독성여부 평가의 하나로 초기 atrazine 농도가 증가할수록 현사시, 양황철, 이태리포플러의 증산량은 상대적으로 감소함을 관찰하였다. 포플러에 의한 atrazine 생물학적 변환실험에서는 atrazine이 중간생성물질인 HA, DEA, I)IA를 거쳐 ammeline을 포함한 HDAP로 전환되는 것을 확인하였다. 이 결과의 중요성은 atrazine 부산물은 상대적으로 독성이 적고, 미생물에 의해 어렵지 않게 완전 무기화할 수 있기 때문이다. 즉, 식물체내에서도 HBAP 이후 과정을 통한 분해가 이루어질 수 있는 가능성이 있다고 추측할 수 있다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.43-52
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• 2006

Effectiveness of activated soil containing directly enriched atrazine-degrading soil microorganisms as an inoculant to bioaugment degradation of atrazine in soils was investigated. A Wooster silt loam (Typic Fragiudalf) was spiked with atrazine at a rate of 4 mg/kg soil three successive times to create activated soil. Atrazine degradation was significantly enhanced (p < 0.05) after the first treatment. After the second treatment, there was an increase in the number, based on MPN, of microorganisms utilizing atrazine as a C- and N-source by 3 logs and 1 log of magnitude, respectively. Inoculation of typical agricultural soils collected from Ohio with activated soil at a rate as low as 0.5% reduced the extractable atrazine remaining in soils to the level below 2% of that initially recovered (initially added at a rate of 4 mg/kg soil) after 4 days. Inoculation at a higher rate was required to achieve the same result in soils with non-typical properties (pH of 4.5 or organic matter of 43% w/w). Activated soil was stable, in terms of atrazine degradation activity, at least up to 6 months when it was kept at low temperature (< $10^{\circ}C$) and moistened (water content above 15%). The results of this study indicate that microorganisms capable of degrading atrazine are relatively easily enriched in soil to create activated soil. Use of activated soil can be a practical option for bioremediation of contaminated soils.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 1997

We investigated the influence of various known sterilization methods on atrazine assimilation. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of autoclaving, sodium azide and mercuric chloride treatment on the assimilation of atrazine in soil and sediment. The sterilization reactor treated with sodium azide resulted in $^{14}CO_2$ generation and atrazine was rapidly disappeared from reactor through chemical reaction with sodium azide. These findings seem to indicate that sodium azide sterilization is not recommended for atrazine studies. In sample reactors autoclaved or treated with mercuric chloride, $^{14}CO_2$ generation was not detected and most of the disappeared atrazine was found to exist as hydroxyatrazine. These results suggested that autoclaving or mercuric chloride treatment could be effective sterilization methods. However, chemical properties(pH and redox potential) of soil and sediment were altered by any of the sterilization methods applied. So it was suspected that these altered properties could affect distribution and mineralization of atrazine in soil and sediment. In addition, both autoclaving and mercuric chloride treatment have altered $K_d$ values of hydroxyatrazine more significantly than those of atrazine. Consequently, although autoclaving and mercuric chloride treatment are effective sterilization methods, one must be careful in using them in practice as these methods may cause chemical degradation of both of atrazine and its metabolites and changes in chemical properties of soil and sediment. In conclusion, careful assessment of sterilization methods must be made for the degradation studies of chemicals in soil and sediment in order to minimize possible undesirable chemical degradation of sample and/or changes in physico-chemical properties of soil and sediment by the selected sterilization methods.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.602-608
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• 2010

An atrazine-degrading bacterium, strain KU001, was obtained from a sugarcane field at the Cane and Sugar Research and Development Center at the Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Thailand. Strain KU001 had a rod-to-coccus morphological cycle during growth. Biolog carbon source analysis indicated that the isolated bacterium was Arthrobacter histidinolovorans. Sequence analysis of the PCR product indicated that the 16S rRNA gene in strain KU001 was 99% identical to the same region in Arthrobacter sp. The atrazine degradation pathway in strain KU001 consisted of the catabolic genes trzN, atzB, and atzC. Strain KU001 was able to use atrazine as a sole nitrogen source for growth, and surprisingly, atrazine degradation was not inhibited in cells grown on ammonium, nitrate, or urea, as compared with cells cultivated on growth-limiting nitrogen sources. During the atrazine degradation process, the supplementation of nitrate completely inhibited atrazine degradation activity in strain KU001, whereas ammonium and urea had no effect on atrazine degradation activity. The addition of strain KU001 to sterile or nonsterile soils resulted in the disappearance of atrazine at a rate that was 4- to 5-fold more than that achieved by the indigenous microbial community. The addition of citrate to soils resulted in enhanced atrazine degradation, where 80% of atrazine disappeared within one day following nutrient supplementation.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.577-582
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• 2004

The photocatalytic degradation of atrazine and PCP, a endocrine disruptors, has been investigated over $TiO_2$ photocatalysts under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. The effect of operational parameters, i.e., pH, light intensity and persulphate concentration on the degradation rate of aqueous solution of atrazine and PCP has been examined. The results presented in this work demonstrate that, as pH and the light intensity increased, the photocatalytic reaction rates were enhanced. Individual use of $TiO_2$-persulphate was far more effective than using only $TiO_2$ in atrazine and PCP removal. Based on the overall experimental results, the photocatalytic oxidation of atrazine and PCP with the coated $TiO_2$ photocatalyst is found to be very effective under the operational conditions delineated in this study.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.26-34
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• 2005

The effects of soil-chemical contact time (aging) on sorption and desorption of atrazine were studied in soil slurries because aging is an important determinant affecting on the sorption and desorption characteristics of organic contaminants in the environment. Sorption isotherm and desorption kinetic experiments were performed, and soilwater distribution coefficients and desorption rate parameters were evaluated using linear and non-linear sorption equations and a three-site desorption model, respectively. Aging time for sorption of atrazine in sterilized soil slurries ranged from 2 days to 8 months. Atrazine sorption isotherms were nearly linear $(r^2\;>\;0.97)$ and sorption coefficients were strongly correlated to soil organic carbon content. Sorption distribution coefficients $(K_d)$ increased with increasing aging in all soils studied. Sorption non-linearity did not increase with increased aging except for the Houghton muck soil. Desorption profiles were well described by the three-site desorption model. The equilibrium site fraction $(f_{eq})$ decreased and the non-desorbable site fraction $(f_{nd})$ increased as a function of aging time in all soils. In all soils studied, it was found that when normalized to soil organic matter content the concentration of atrazine in desorbable sites was comparatively constant, whereas that in non-desorbable site increased as aging increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.183-183
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• 2001

Atrazine, one of herbicide widely used in agriculture, is classified as a possible human carcinogen (2B group) that may cause breast and ovarian cancers by IARC, and is known as an endocrine disruptor. Atrazine has been subjected to broad ranges of genotoxicity tests with predominantly negative results, but reported conflicting results across two or more independent tests as well. This fact indicates that a more comprehensive genotoxicity assessment needs for atrazine.(omitted)

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

The degradation of atrazine was explored using UV alone, $H_2O_2/UV$, oxalate/UV and oxalate-assisted $H_2O_2/UV$. The addition of oxalate to the $H_2O_2/UV$ (oxalate-assisted $H_2O_2/UV$) process was the most effective method for the degradation of atrazine. The overall kinetic rate constant was split into the direct oxidation due to photolysis and that by the radicals from hydrogen peroxide or oxalate. In semi-empirical terms, the initial concentration of hydrogen peroxide had a greater contribution than that of oxalate for atrazine oxidation.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.310-316
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• 1977

The adsorption of 2-Chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-trazine (Atrazine) and 2-Chloro-2' 6' diethyl-N(methoxymethyl)acetanilide(Alachlor) by 21 Korean surface soils is studied and discussed in relation to some properties of soils. 1. Adsorption of Atrazine was correlated posisively with content of clay and organic matter, but negatively with extractable potassium content and sand content. 2. Adsorption of Alachlor was correlated positively with organic matter, caly content and CEC, but negatively with sand content 3. Isothermal adsorpsion of Alachlor was confirmed to the Freundlich eguation.