TY - GEN
T1 - Carbamate pesticides and their biological degradation
T2 - prospects for enzymatic bioremediation
AU - Cheesman, Matthew J.
AU - Horne, Irene
AU - Weir, Kahli M.
AU - Pandey, Gunjun
AU - Williams, Michelle R.
AU - Scott, Colin
AU - Russell, Robyn J.
AU - Oakeshott, John G.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Diverse carbamate compounds are widely used as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides in agriculture around the world. Environmental and human health concerns about off-target and off-site residues of various pesticides have sparked interest in the development of technologies for their detoxification. One promising technology for this purpose is enzymatic bioremediation, which uses formulations of detoxifying enzymes to clean up residues in contaminated environments. Here we review the feasibility of developing carbamate detoxifying enzymes as bioremediation agents.
AB - Diverse carbamate compounds are widely used as insecticides, herbicides and fungicides in agriculture around the world. Environmental and human health concerns about off-target and off-site residues of various pesticides have sparked interest in the development of technologies for their detoxification. One promising technology for this purpose is enzymatic bioremediation, which uses formulations of detoxifying enzymes to clean up residues in contaminated environments. Here we review the feasibility of developing carbamate detoxifying enzymes as bioremediation agents.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36849027106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36849027106
SN - 0841274207
SN - 9780841274204
VL - 966
T3 - ACS Symposium Series
SP - 286
EP - 305
BT - Rational Environmental Management of Agrochemicals Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Remedial Action
ER -