| analysis of competition in soil among 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading bacteria. | competition among indigenous and inoculated 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d)-degrading bacteria was studied in a native kansas prairie soil following 2,4-d additions. the soil was inoculated with four different 2,4-d-degrading strains at densities of 10(3) cells per g of soil; the organisms used were pseudomonas cepacia dbo1(pjp4) and three michigan soil isolates, strain 745, sphingomonas paucimobilis 1443, and pseudomonas pickettii 712. following 2,4-d additions, total soil dna was extrac ... | 1994 | 8017909 |