Degradation of the Organochlorinated Herbicide Diuron by Rainforest Basidiomycetes

Figure 7

Chromatograms from culture medium of P. sanguineus MCA 16, with initial 25 mg/L of diuron. (a) abiotic control. (b) 20-day culture, in the presence of 2.5 mM of N. (c) 40-day culture, with 25 mM of N. Peak 1: unknown compound from culture medium. Peak 2: diuron. Peaks 3 and 5: DCPMU and DCPU, respectively. Peak 4: unknown metabolite.

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