{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Alexandrino DAM"],"funding":["Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia","European Regional Development Fund"],"pagination":["2109"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8538489"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Epoxiconazole (EPO) and fludioxonil (FLU) are two widely used fluorinated pesticides known to be highly persistent and with high ecotoxicological potential, turning them into pollutants of concern. This work aimed to optimize two degrading bacterial consortia, previously obtained from an agricultural soil through enrichment with EPO and FLU, by characterizing the contribution of their corresponding bacterial isolates to the biodegradation of these pesticides using both culture-dependent and independent methodologies. Results showed that a co-culture of the strains <i>Hydrogenophaga eletricum</i> 5AE and <i>Methylobacillus</i> sp. 8AE was the most efficient in biodegrading EPO, being able to defluorinate ca. 80% of this pesticide in 28 days. This catabolic performance is likely the result o"],"journal":["Microorganisms"],"pubmed_title":["Combining Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches for the Optimization of Epoxiconazole and Fludioxonil-Degrading Bacterial Consortia."],"pmcid":["PMC8538489"],"funding_grant_id":["UIDB/04423/2020","CEECIND/02968/2017","UIDP/04423/2020","SFRH/BD/116702/2016","NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000064"],"pubmed_authors":["Mucha AP","Carvalho MF","Alexandrino DAM","Almeida CMR","Tomasino MP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Combining Culture-Dependent and Independent Approaches for the Optimization of Epoxiconazole and Fludioxonil-Degrading Bacterial Consortia.","description":"Epoxiconazole (EPO) and fludioxonil (FLU) are two widely used fluorinated pesticides known to be highly persistent and with high ecotoxicological potential, turning them into pollutants of concern. This work aimed to optimize two degrading bacterial consortia, previously obtained from an agricultural soil through enrichment with EPO and FLU, by characterizing the contribution of their corresponding bacterial isolates to the biodegradation of these pesticides using both culture-dependent and independent methodologies. Results showed that a co-culture of the strains <i>Hydrogenophaga eletricum</i> 5AE and <i>Methylobacillus</i> sp. 8AE was the most efficient in biodegrading EPO, being able to defluorinate ca. 80% of this pesticide in 28 days. This catabolic performance is likely the result o","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Oct","modification":"2026-05-03T03:16:33.778Z","creation":"2025-02-19T00:27:53.2Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8538489","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34683430"],"doi":["10.3390/microorganisms9102109"]}}