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. 2013 Dec 29;2013:125385. doi: 10.1155/2013/125385

Table 2.

The nicotine degradation efficiency of different nicotine-degrading bacteria on tobacco leaves and tobacco wastes.

Bacterium Source Duration 
(time/temperature)
Nicotine 
(mg/g)
Nicotine degradation 
(%)
Reference
Micrococcus nicotianae Tobacco leaves NM NM 0.83 [40]
Debaryomyces nicotianae Tobacco leaves NM NM 0.45 [40]
Cellulomonas sp. Tobacco leaves NM NM 15.00 [41]
A. oxidans α-2 Tobacco waste 212 h 700 NM [7]
A. oxidans pAO1 Tobacco waste 125 h 3400 NM [7]
P. putida Tobacco waste 40 h 3300 NM [7]
P. putida J5 Tobacco leaves 7 d 2.8 11.72 [30]
Pseudomonas sp. Nic 22 Tobacco leaves 30°C NM 33.10 [29]
Ensifer sp. N7 Tobacco leaves NM 4.1 16.00 [42]
Arthrobacter sp. Tobacco leaves NM NM 28.00 to 39.00 [33]
Pseudoxanthomonas sp. 5–52 Tobacco leaves NM NM 47.20 [38]
Sinorhizobium sp. 5–28 Tobacco leaves NM NM 72.50 [38]
Ochrobactrum sp. 4–40 Tobacco leaves NM NM 51.50 [38]
P. stutzeri ZCJ Tobacco leaves 7 d/37°C NM 32.24 [39]
P. plecoglossicida Tobacco leaves 10 h 13 88.00 [2]
P. plecoglossicida Tobacco wastes 10 h 5 96.10 [2]

NM: not mentioned.