Carbofuran, Malathion and 2,4-D Degradation by Bacterial Activity

ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

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Yair Garcia-Saavedra¹, Antonio Rivera² , Fernando Hernandez-Aladana³, Omar Romero-Arenas⁴, Primo Sanchez-Morales⁴ and Silvia Giono-Cerezo⁵

¹Posgrado in Sustainable Management of Agroecosystems of the Institute of Sciences of the Benemerita Autonomous University of Puebla (ICBUAP), Mexico.

²Center for Research in Microbiological Sciences (ICBUAP), Mexico.

³Chemistry Center (ICBUAP), Mexico.

⁴Agroecology Center (ICBUAP), Mexico. 5 National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Mexico.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2018;12(3):1331-1335

https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.12.3.35 | © The Author(s). 2018

Received: 03/07/2018 | Accepted: 30/08/2018 | Published: 30/09/2018

Abstract

The indiscriminate use of pesticides in agricultural practice in recent years has generated various environmental problems, since these compounds tend to bioaccumulate through trophic chains presenting considerable levels of toxicity and conditioning potential risks in ecosystems and public health. In the present work, the ability of a bacterial consortium to degrade carbofuran, malathion and 2,4-D was evaluated. The bacteria were isolated from plots with application of pesticides located in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. The bacterial consortium degraded carbofuran (34.99%), malathion (46.68%) and 2,4-D (48.42%) in soil samples contaminated with each of the pesticides, the bacterial consortium degraded in a greater proportion the 2,4-D.

Keywords

Pesticides, degradation, soil, bacterial consortium, Mexico

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