Resistance ofStreptomyces felleus to the herbicide bromoxynil

• DOI: 10.1007/bf02877217
• Publication Date: 2008-04-10T16:56:15Z
• Authors: V. Krištůfek; M. Beran; P. Dufek; M. Khan; M. Blumauerová
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences

A soil strain ofStreptomyces felleus resistant to the herbicide bromoxynil (BX) and capable of supporting growth of sensitive streptomycetes on a BX-containing medium, was found to decrease the concentration of BX in the medium to one half after 10 d of incubation. Physicochemical methods showed that a co-metabolic process without any accumulation of the degradation products similar to BX was involved. Mutation experiments carried out with the strain suggest a nonchromasomal control of the resistance to BX.