“…Pesticide catabolism by adapted soil microorganisms is microbially beneficial in that the pesticide or a hydrolysis product serves as a microbial carbon, energy, or nutrient source (Fournier et al, 1981;Karns et al, 1986;Racke and Coats, 1987;Tam et al, 1987). Enhanced degradation has been reported for a number of insecticides (Sethunathan and Pathak, 1972;Felsot et al, 1981;Read, 1983Read, ,1987Racke and Coats, 19871, herbicides (Newman and Thomas, 1949;Audus, 1951;Kirkland and Fryer, 1972;Wilson, 1984;Gray and Joo, 1985;Skipper et al, 1986), and fungicides (Walker et al, 1986;Yarden et al, 1986).…”