Microbial degradation of pesticides and nitroaromatic compounds

ISBN-13: 9783659680670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str.

Singh Kashmir;Singh Baljinder

Opis

The widespread uses of synthetic chemicals in agriculture, industry, and military operations have introduced many anthropogenic compounds to the biosphere. The use of organophosphate pesticides has become an integral part of the modern agricultural system. One of the most important environmental concerns with organophosphate pesticides is accumulation of residues in soil, food products and water supplies. Due to international concerns about the repeated use of organophosphate pesticides, there is a great need to develop safe, convenient and economically feasible methods for organophosphate pesticides detoxification. The living organisms of the soil biota and aquatic system affected by organophosphate pesticides include bacteria, fungi, microalgae and invertebrates. Microbial degradation is often the primary process that regulates the aerobic decay of organophosphate pesticides. The main focus of the research described here encompasses basic science to discover pathways and evolutionary implications of aerobic biodegradation of organophosphate pesticide, malathion and nitroaromatic compound TNP.

O autorze

Dr Kashmir Singh is expert in the filed of plant biotechnology and environmental bioremediation. He has devised strategies to use microbes for bioremediation of explosive waste and pesticides from the soil system. He has successfully isolated bacterial strain and efficiently used them to clean the contaminated soils.