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In Situ Exposure to Low Herbicide Concentrations Affects Microbial Population Composition and Catabolic Gene Frequency in an Aerobic Shallow Aquifer Julia R. de Lipthay,1† Nina Tuxen,2 Kaare Johnsen,1,3 Lars H. Hansen,4 Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen,2 Poul L. Bjerg,2 and Jens Aamand1* Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K,1 Environment & Resources DTU, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby,2 Danish Veterinary Institute, DK-1790 Copenhagen V,3 and Department of General Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, DK-1307 Copenhagen K,4 Denmark Received 13 May 2002/Accepted 30 October 2002
The aim of this study was to evaluate how the in situ exposure of a Danish subsurface aquifer to phenoxy acid herbicides at low concentrations (
