ISSN:
1574-6968
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
For bioremediation of toxic endosulfan, endosulfan degradation bacteria, which do not form toxic endosulfan sulfate, were isolated from various soil samples using endosulfan as sole carbon and energy source. Among the 40 isolated bacteria, strain KE-1, which was identified as Klebsiella pneumoniae by physiological and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, showed superior endosulfan degradation activity. Analysis of culture pH, growth, free sulfate and endosulfan and its metabolites demonstrated that KE-1 biologically degrades 8.72 μg endosulfan ml−1 day−1 when incubated with 93.9 μg ml−1 endosulfan for 10 days without formation of toxic endosulfan sulfate. Our results suggest that K. pneumoniae KE-1 degraded endosulfan by a non-oxidative pathway and that strain KE-1 has potential as a biocatalyst for endosulfan bioremediation.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11399.x
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