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https://sci-hub.se/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288233.1997.9513247 https://sci-hub.se/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10... This seems
by girvo 6y ago
https://sci-hub.se/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288233.1997.9513247 https://sci-hub.se/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10...
This seems relevant to that thought, I think.
> Microbial degradation of DDT and its residues—A review
- DoreenMichele 6y agoThank you. Excerpt: Early investigations on the fate of DDT in rodents demonstrated that the indigenous microflora of animals were responsible for the conversion of DDT to DDD (Barker et al. 1965; Mendel & Walton 1966). Since then a number of microbes have been shown to be capable of converting DDT to DDD in pure culture. These include the bacteria Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida. Bacillus sp., "Hydrogenomonas", and the fungi Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Trichoderma viridae...