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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Akbar, Shamsa Sultan, Sikander Kertesz, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos (CP) has been used extensively since the 1960s for insect control. However, its toxic effects on mammals and persistence in environment necessitate its removal from contaminated sites, biodegradation studies of CP-degrading microbes are therefore of immense importance. Samples from a Pakistani agricultural soil with an extensive history of CP application were used to prepare enrichment cultures using CP as sole carbon source for bacterial community analysis and isolation of CP metabolizing bacteria. Bacterial community analysis (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) revealed that the dominant genera enriched under these conditions were Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter and Stenotrophomonas, along with lower numbers of Sphingomonas, Agrobacterium and Burkholderia. Furthermore, it revealed that members of Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, α- and γ-Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were present at initial steps of enrichment whereas β-Proteobacteria appeared in later steps and only Proteobacteria were selected by enrichment culturing. However, when CP-degrading strains were isolated from this enrichment culture, the most active organisms were strains of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Pseudomonas mendocina and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These strains degraded 6–7.4 mg L$^{−1}$ day$^{−1}$ of CP when cultivated in mineral medium, while the consortium of all four strains degraded 9.2 mg L$^{−1}$ day$^{−1}$ of CP (100 mg L$^{−1}$). Addition of glucose as an additional C source increased the degradation capacity by 8–14 %. After inoculation of contaminated soil with CP (200 mg kg$^{−1}$) disappearance rates were 3.83–4.30 mg kg$^{−1}$ day$^{−1}$ for individual strains and 4.76 mg kg$^{−1}$ day$^{−1}$ for the consortium. These results indicate that these organisms are involved in the degradation of CP in soil and represent valuable candidates for in situ bioremediation of contaminated soils and waters. |
| Starting Page | 2755 |
| Ending Page | 2766 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| ISSN | 09593993 |
| Journal | World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| e-ISSN | 15730972 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
| Publisher Date | 2014-07-10 |
| Publisher Place | Dordrecht |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Chlorpyrifos Organophosphates Biodegradation DGGE Consortium Enrichment Applied Microbiology Biotechnology Biochemistry Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Microbiology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physiology Medicine Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biotechnology |
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