Possibility of Using Bacteria-Destructors for Cypermetrin Degradation

Abstract

From soils artificially contaminated with cypermethrin, 3 isolates were obtained that were resistant to cypermethrin concentrations of 40 mg/kg soil, and their morphological, cultural and biochemical properties were studied. On the basis of the obtained strains, a bacterial consortium was developed, which consists of the cultures of Pseudomonas sp., Bacilus sp. and Ochrobactrum sp. Laboratory experiments on the decomposition of cypermethrin showed the effectiveness of this consortium, within 28 days the decomposition of cypermethrin (40 mg/kg) was 100%.