… This work highlights the fact that atrazine is particularly persistent in soil and that microbial
adaptation to this compound might not occur in every ecosystem or under all conditions. This …

… ) due to its persistence and damaging effects on environment and … Application of chemical
fertilizers also impact soil microbial … nourishment to microbes; rather plants become adapted to …

… In fact, high persistence alone is a significant concern because persistent chemicals will
continue to accumulate in the environment for as long as they are released. Whether or not they …

… to adaptation to pollutants during long-term exposure, resulting in faster biodegradation of
otherwise persistent chemicals; (2) adaptation of microbial … of competent microorganism may …

… chemicals act as environmental stress factor and inhibit cell survival and then ability to
metabolize these pollutants. If bacterial strains wanted to survive, they had to develop efficient …

… adaptations to features of a single environment, persistence … environmental fluctuations are
selective for the hipQ mutant, while others favor the wild type. Thus we show that persistence …

… specially adapted or even genetically engineered microorganisms may accomplish
degradation of synthetic organic chemicals which persist under normal environmental conditions. …

… substances in the environment. Designing systems and/or chemicals optimized for microbial
… Flanked by clearly apparent community level transcriptome adaptations within the microbial …

… This chapter will give an account on bacteria involved in … In ideal environmental condition,
the microorganisms degrade … Not adapted to the conditions in the soil and need a quite …

… the microbial responses of sensing and uptake, and adaptation due to the selection pressures
of pesticides and antimicrobial substances … , and their environmental fate. The registration …