Description: Atrazine is a common herbicide that is used world-wide and one of the most commonly used within the United States. It is a popular herbicide due to its simplicity of synthesis and non-toxic dosage to crops. Death to weeds and broad-leafed grasses, results from the starvation of oxidative damage caused by breakdown in in ETC.

Atrazine degradation occurs in soil due to the action of microbes. Rates of degradation are affected by atrazine's low solubility. Atrazine may be catabolized as a carbon and nitrogen source in reducing environments. When used as a nitrogen source for bacterial growth, degradation is regulated by different sources of microbes.

Related BMRB Molecules

• Atrazine
• Biuret
• Cyanamide
• Cyanuric-Acid

For complete information about pathway, see KEGG [map00791]