Environmental Precautions > Fate of Pesticides in The Environment > Degradation
Microbes
Many pesticides are broken down by microbes. These microbes live in the soil. Specific microbes will feed on and breakdown specific pesticides.
 
For an example, let's meet a pesticide molecule. In this case, glyphoste
This could be any pesticide, for our purposes a herbicide.
 
Like all molecules, energy is invested to hold them together and it will take energy to break them apart. It can be broken down in a couple of ways.
 
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