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. 1988 Nov;54(11):2874–2876. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.11.2874-2876.1988

Microbial transformation of the pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate.

S E Maloney 1, A Maule 1, A R Smith 1
PMCID: PMC204391  PMID: 3145715

Abstract

Pure cultures of Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Achromobacter sp. were shown to transform five pyrethroid insecticides in the presence of Tween 80. One of the major products, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, was further transformed to 4-hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzoic acid. Permethrin was the most rapidly transformed of the pyrethroids, with a half-life of less than 5 days.

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