Biodegradation of p-nitrophenol by methyl parathion-degrading Ochrobactrum sp. B2

Utilization of waste engine oil by Ochrobactrum pseudintermedium strain C1 that secretes an exopolysaccharide as a bioemulsifier

“…The genus Ochrobactrum has been previously reported to degrade phenanthrene, phenol, nicotine, methyl parathion and various hydrocarbons (Ghosal et al, 2010;Kılıç, 2009;Yuan et al, 2006;Qiu et al, 2007;Calvo et al, 2008). In this present investigation bioemulsifier production by waste engine oil degrading Ochrobactrum pseudintermedium sp.…”

Biodegradation of synthetic pyrethroids by Ochrobactrum tritici strain pyd-1

“…To our knowledge, strain pyd-1 is the first SP-degrading strain reported of the genus Ochrobactrum. Members of this genus are saprophytic soil and water bacteria, and many isolates are responsible for the biodegradation of a wide variety of toxic organic pollutants, such as dichlorvos (Zhang et al 2006), triazophos (Dai et al 2005), p-nitrophenol, methyl parathion (Qiu et al 2006), nicotine (Yuan et al 2007), lindane (Pesce and Wunderlin 2004), naphthalene (Zhang and Peng 2008) and aniline (Wei et al 1998 Strain pyd-1 was capable of degrading a wide range of SPs, including permethrin, fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, fenvalerate, deltamethrin and bifenthrin. Permethrin was degraded faster than the other SPs tested, indicating that the additional stereocenter introduced by the a-cyano group causes a relative reduction in the hydrolysis rate.…”

Microbial degradation of pesticide: A review

“…The fraction of the soil biota, when are continuously applied to the soil, they can quickly develop the ability to degrade certain pesticides. For certain soil microorganisms, these chemicals provide adequate carbon source and electron donors (Galli, 2002), and thus establishing a way for the treatment of pesticidecontaminated sites (Qiu et al, 2007). The absence of the microbial systems that has the pesticide degrading enzymes that leads to the persistence of the pesticide in the soil.…”