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Effect of Residual Endosulfan on Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 2036
Author(s) -
Patil Savita B.,
Niljikar Sneha C.,
Ghosh Jai S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clean – soil, air, water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1863-0669
pISSN - 1863-0650
DOI - 10.1002/clen.201300864
Subject(s) - endosulfan , pesticide , biomagnification , environmental science , agriculture , soil water , environmental chemistry , toxicology , environmental protection , agronomy , biology , chemistry , ecology , soil science , bioaccumulation
Endosulfan has been banned in several developed nations; it is still the farmers’ favorite in many developing nations. The farmers use this pesticide indiscriminately resulting in high residues in soil. The objective of this investigation is not to reestablish the findings of other researchers regarding the residual endosulfan quantity in different agricultural soils of this country; neither is it aimed to find out the biodegradative mechanism of the compound by microorganisms. The investigation aims at studying the biomagnification carried out by a heterotrophic soil organism: Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 2036. The pesticide has been found inside the microorganism resulting in longer lag phase of growth of the organisms which ultimately has deleterious effect on mineral cycling in soil, affecting crop yield.