ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
There has been a rapid increase in the percentage of pesticides accumulated in soil leading to deleterious effects to our ecosystem. Chlorpyrifos is one of the commonly found pesticides that have been treated by chemical procedures as a means of remediation. This present study focuses on bioremediation of chlorpyrifos by using Myroides odoratimimus SKS05-GRD (JQ178355). The bacterium was allowed to treat pesticide residues obtained from treated soils to adjudge the potential of the bacterium for remediation studies followed by molecular analysis of its bioremediation potency. The bacterium was found to remediate increasing concentrations of chlorpyrifos and molecular analysis revealed the genetic basis for degradation to be mpd functional gene of Myroides odoratimimus SKS05-GRD. This study concludes the use of bacteria that possess the degradation capability at the molecular level increases the efficiency of bioremediation although the present study is to be extended for cloning and expression analysis.
Chlorpyrifos, Myroides odoratimimus, pesticide, degradation, gene
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