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Biodegradation of Cypermethrin by Micrococcus sp. strain CPN 1

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A bacterium capable of utilizing pyrethroid pesticide cypermethrin as sole source of carbon was isolated from soil and identified as a Micrococcus sp. The organism also utilized fenvalerate, deltamethrin, perimethrin, 3-phenoxybenzoate, phenol, protocatechuate and catechol as growth substrates. The organism degraded cypermethrin by hydrolysis of ester linkage to yield 3-phenoxybenzoate, leading to loss of its insecticidal activity. 3-Phenoxybenzoate was further metabolized by diphenyl ether cleavage to yield protocatechuate and phenol as evidenced by isolation and identification of metabolites and enzyme activities in the cell-free extracts. Protocatechuate and phenol were oxidized by ortho-cleavage pathway. Thus, the organism was versatile in detoxification and complete mineralization of pyrethroid cypermethrin

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    Preeti N. Tallur, Veena B. Megadi & Harichandra Z. Ninnekar

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Tallur, P.N., Megadi, V.B. & Ninnekar, H.Z. Biodegradation of Cypermethrin by Micrococcus sp. strain CPN 1 . Biodegradation 19, 77–82 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-007-9116-8

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