Isolation of Bacterial for Degradation of Selected Pesticides

Abstract

In countries like India Pesticides play an important role in agricultural sector. Their importance in crop yield improvement is understood and well accepted. But still they pose a threat to the environment due their toxic nature and persistence in the food chain. This study focuses on development of a method to reduce the environmental burden of the pesticide by way of biodegradation. During this study six bacterial isolates were found to show significant ability to carry out the degradation of selected pesticides, these cultures were identified Acinetobacter radioresistens, Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis, Bacillus pumilus, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia marcescens, Burkholderia gladioli.