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. 1970 Apr 24;168(3930):482-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.168.3930.482.

Metobromuron: acetylation of the aniline moiety as a detoxification mechanism

B G Tweedy, C Loeppky, J A Ross

Metobromuron: acetylation of the aniline moiety as a detoxification mechanism

B G Tweedy et al. Science. .

Abstract

p-Bromoaniline is rapidly acetylated by four soil microorganisms. Two fungal species convert metobromuron to p-bromoacetanilide, but a bacterial and an algal species do not metabolize metobromuron. Acetylation may serve as a detoxification mechanism by competing with azobenzene formation in utilizing the aniline formed by metabolism of substituted urea herbicides.

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