Immobilized cells of a novel bacterium increased the degradation of N-methylated carbamates under low temperature conditions.

ABSTRACT: Carbamates are synthetic pesticides, extensively used throughout the world due to their broad specificity against various insect pests. However, their enormous and inadequate use have made them a potential threat to the environment. At low temperature, degradation of carbamates becomes difficult mainly because of low biological activity. In the present study, we isolated a bacterial strain from a low temperature climate where the N-methylated carbamates are used for crop protection. The bacterium, was identified as Pseudomonas plecoglossicida strain (TA3) by 16S rRNA analysis. Degradation experiments with both free and immobilized cells in minimal salt medium indicated that the strain TA3 utilized carbaryl, carbofuran and aldicarb as both carbon and nitrogen source. TA3 can g

SUBMITTER: Fareed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872827 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature