Bioremediation of Neonicotinoid Pesticide, Imidacloprid, Mediated by Bacillus cereus

Imidacloprid, a toxic pesticide of the chloronicotinyl category, is employed extensively in agricultural fields, and its exposure causes serious health issues. Biodegradation is considered to be a green and economical approach to remediate pesticides. Herein, imidacloprid degradation efficiency of B...

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Autores principales: Talpur, Farah Naz, Unar, Ahsanullah, Bhatti, Sana Kanwal, Alsawalha, Laila, Fouad, Dalia, Bashir, Humaira, Afridi, Hassan Imran, Ataya, Farid Shokry, Jefri, Ohoud A., Bashir, Muhammad Sohail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10451882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37627836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10080951
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Sumario:Imidacloprid, a toxic pesticide of the chloronicotinyl category, is employed extensively in agricultural fields, and its exposure causes serious health issues. Biodegradation is considered to be a green and economical approach to remediate pesticides. Herein, imidacloprid degradation efficiency of Bacillus sp. is highlighted, among which Bacillus cereus exhibited the greatest degradation; optimization of experimental variables (pH, imidacloprid and agitation time) via Box–Behnken factorial design and analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed 92% biodegradation at the initial substrate concentration of 0.03 mM, aerobically in 11 days under favorable pH 7. The subsequent metabolites, identified through liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, were 5-hydroxy imidacloprid, imidacloprid-guanidine and 6-chloronicotinic acid.

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