Bioremediation of atrazine: recent advances and promises

Molecular analysis of atrazine-degrading bacteria and catabolic genes in the water column and sediment of a created wetland in an agricultural/urban watershed

“…Thus the 16S rDNA sequence data demonstrated a main cluster of isolates that was consistent with Arthrobacter spp. Members of this genus have been previously isolated in different parts of the world from agricultural soils with various management practices, all involving atrazine application (e.g., Aislabie et al, 2005;Vaishampayan et al, 2007;Govantes et al, 2007;Sajjaphan et al, 2010;El Sebaï et al, 2011;Zhang et al, 2011;Wang and Xie, 2012;Fan and Song, 2014). Atrazine biodegradation by Sphingomonas spp.…”

The Role of White-rot Fungi in Herbicide Transformation

“…Recently, some companies have included the use of ligninolytic fungi for soil remediation into their programs, for example, "EarthFax Development Corp." in the USA and "Gebruder Huber Bodenrecycling" in Germany [90]. [20,102].…”

“…Most of the data available correspond to the studies of different herbicide degradation by WRF, their individual ligninolytic enzymes and oxidative enzymes -redox mediator systems that are successful or less successful [6,9,10,[18][19][20][21]. Few attempts have been made to propose the mechanisms of pesticide degradation (based on pentachlorophenol degradation pathways and ligninolytic enzymes action).…”

Identification of an Indigenous Atrazine Herbicide Tolerant Microbial Consortium in Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) as a Potential Soil Bioremediator

“…A combination of transgenic plants and microbes have been proposed as a combined synergistic method for atrazine bioremediation [37]. However, the gap between bioremediation laboratory conditions, green house bioremediation trials and an effective real soil cleanliness (or large scale soil decontamination) is still under discus [38]. In order to keep research study cost low, no molecular biology techniques for microorganism identification were performed.…”