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. 2019 Aug 2;10:1778. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01778

Table 3.

Pyrethroid degrading microorganisms and their optimized conditions in lab/field.

S. No Bacteria/Fungi/ Insect/Other Pyrethroid used Standard condition for growth Specific statement References
1 Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas fluorescence, and Achromobacter sp. Permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Tween,80 to maintain relatively insoluble compound in solution 3-Phenoxybenzoic acid was the major product Permethrin transformed rapidly as compared to others Maloney et al., 1988
2 Pseudomonas sp. ET1 3-Phenoxybenzoate pH-7.2 Temp-30°C Phenoxy substituted benzyl aldehyde was metabolized whereas benzyl alcohol, benzene, phenol, and aniline were not Toppw and Akhtar, 1991
3 Trichoderma viridae, Trichoderma terricola, Aspergillus niger, and Phanerochate chrysosporium Beta-cyfluthrin pH-6.5°C czapek dox medium used Cleavage of ether linkage result in metabolites formation. That is confirmed by NMR analysis Saikia and Gopal, 2004; Deng et al., 2015
4 Acidomonas sp. Allethrin pH-7.0 Temp-37°C with minimal salt medium Allethrin is metabolized by hydrolytic pathway followed by dehydrogenation and oxidation Paingankar et al., 2005
5 Pseudomonas stutzeri S1 Beta-cyfluthrin pH-7.0 Temp-28°C Minimal salt media Strain able to degrade the beta-cyfluthrin Saikia et al., 2005
6 Aspergillus niger ZD11 Trans-permethrin, cis-permethrin, cypermethrin, fenvalerate, and deltamethrin pH-6.8 Temp-30°C Minimal salt media Novel pyrethroid hydrolase having the potential of wide range of pyrethroid degradation Liang et al., 2005; Deng et al., 2015
7 Micrococcus sp. CPN1 Cypermethrin Seuberts mineral salt medium at 150 rpm Presence of 3-phenoxybenzoate, protochatachauate, and phenol were investigated Tallur et al., 2008
8 Bacillus sp. Cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp.30°C Rpm-110 Minimal salt medium 3-Phenoxybenzaldegyde and other metabolites of the pathway Bhatt et al., 2016b, 2019b
9 Sphingobium sp. JZ-2 Fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, permethrin, cyhalothrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, and bifenthrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Luria Bertani medium 3-Phenoxybenzadihyde, 2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, 3-phenoxybenzoate, protocatechuate, and catechol Guo et al., 2009
10 Serratia spp. Beta-cypermethrin pH-6-9 Temp-20–38°C 3-Phenoxybenzoic acid, phenol (92% degradation occurs within 10 days by Serratia strains) Zhang et al., 2010
11. Ochrobactrum tritici pyd-1 Cis and trans permethrin, fenpropathrin Luria Bertani medium Temp-30°C 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylcyclopropane carboxylic, 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzoic acid, protocatechuate, and p-hydroquinone Wang et al., 2011
12 Clostridium sp. ZP3 Fenpropathrin pH-7.5 Temp-35°C Benzyl alcohol, benzenemathanol, and 3,5-dimethylamphetamine Zhang S. et al., 2011
13 Pseudomonas aeruginosa CH7 Beta-cypermethrin pH-6-9 Temp-25–35°C Biosurfactant production increased beta-cypermethrin degradation Zhang C. et al., 2011
14 Neustonic and epiphytic bacteria Deltamethrin pH-7.0 Temp-20°C Minimal salt medium Bacteria reduced the initial concentration of cypermethrin Kalwasinska et al., 2011
15 Bacillus cereus MTCC1305 Fenvalerate pH-6-7.4 HPLC analysis showed 500 ppm fenvalerate degradation by the bacterium Selvam et al., 2013
16 Pseudomonas viridoflava Fenvalerate pH-6.2-7.0 HPLC analysis showed the pyrethroid is degraded with different peak areas Selvam et al., 2013
17 Serratia marcescens Deltamethrin No data 3-Phenoxybenzaldehyde and peaks of other metabolites Cycoń et al., 2014
18 Acinetobactor calcoaceticus Mcm5 Cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cyhalothrin, and deltamethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C All the pyrethroid degraded by the bacterial strain Mcm5 Akbar et al., 2015b
19 Azorcus indigens HZ5 Cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C 70% cypermethrin degradation after 144 h Burns and Pastoor, 2018
20 Bacillus sp. SG2 Cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp-32°C 82% cypermethrin degraded after 15 days of experiment Bhatt et al., 2016b, 2019a
21 Bacillus sp. DG-02 Fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, cyfluthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, and bifenthrin pH-7.5 Temp-30°C Different biodegradation patterns followed with distinct concentration Chen et al., 2012b, 2014
22 Bacillus amyloliquifaciens AP01 Cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Approximately 45% cypermethrin degradation observed in 5 days Lee et al., 2016
23 Bacillus megaterium Jcm2 Brevibacillus parabrevis Jcm4 Cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cyhalothrin, and deltamethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Maximum 89% degradation obtained in cypermethrin Akbar et al., 2015a
24 Brevibacterium aureum DG-12 Cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, fenpropathrin, deltamethrin, bifenthrin, and cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp-27°C Maximum 84.7% biodegradation observed with cyfluthrin Chen et al., 2013a
25 Catellibacterium sp. CC-5 Cypermethrin, fenvlerate, fenpropathrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, and cyhalothrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C 90% biodegradation achieved after 7 days with cypermethrin and deltamethrin Zhao et al., 2013
26 Lysinbacillus sphaericus FLQ-11-1 Cyfluthrin pH-7.0 Temp-35°C Approximately 80% cyfluthrin removal after 5 days Hu et al., 2014
27 Ochrobactrum lupini DG-S-01 Cypermethrin, cyfluthrin, fenpropathrin, cyhalothrin, and deltamethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Maximum 90% biodegradation obtained with cypermethrin within 5 days Chen et al., 2011a
28 Pseudomonas aeruginosa JQ-41 Fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, bifenthrin, and cyhalothrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Maximum 91.7% biodegradation obtained with fenpropathrin after 7 days of experiment Song et al., 2015
29 Pseudomonas flourescens Cypermethrin pH-7.0 Temp-25°C 37.2% cypermethrin degraded in absence of sucrose after 96 h Grant et al., 2002
30 Rhodococcus sp. Jcm5 Cypermethrin, bifenthrin, cyhalothrin, and deltamethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C 100% cypermethrin catabolism occures in 10 days Akbar et al., 2015b
31 Stenotrophomonas sp. ZS-S-01 Fenvalerate, deltamethrin, cypermethrin, cyfluthrin, and cyhalothrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Catabolic degradation in case of fenvalerate complete degradation occurs in 6 days Chen et al., 2011d
32 Streptomyces sp. HU-S-01 Cypermethrin pH-7.5 Temp-26–28°C 90% cypermethrin degradation in 24 h Lin et al., 2011
33 Streptomyces aureus HP-S-01 Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, fenvalerate, fenpropathrin, and permethrin pH-7.5-7.8 Temp-27–28°C Cyfluthrin, bifenthrin and fenvalerate degraded completely within 5 days Chen et al., 2011c, 2012d
34 Candia pelliculosa ZS-02 Bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, cypermethrin, and fenpropathrin pH-7.2 Temp-32°C Only bifenthrin degraded completely within 5 days Chen et al., 2012c
35. clc Cladosporium sp. HU Fenvalerate, fenpropathrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, bifenthrin, and permethrin pH-7.2 Temp-26°C Fenvalerate, fenpropathrin, cypermethrin degraded completely within 5 days Chen et al., 2011b
36 Phaenerochate chrysosporium Cyfluthrin pH-6.5 Temp-28°C Co-metabolic degradation (60%) after 30 days of experiment Saikia and Gopal, 2004
37 Bacillus cereus BCC01 Beta-cypermethrin, deltamethrin, cypermethrin, permethrin, fenvalerate, and cyhalothrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Six metabolites were detected after biodegradation: α-hydroxy-3-phenoxy-benzeneacetonitrile, 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, methyl-3-phenoxybenzoate, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, and 3,5-dimethoxyphenol Hu et al., 2019
38 Bacillus subtilis BSF01 Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, cyhalothrin, and β-cyfluthrin pH-6.7 Temp-34.5°C Cis/trans β-cypermethrin, 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate, α-hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzeneacetonitrile, 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, 3-pheoxybenzoic acid, and 3,5-dimethoxyphenol Xiao et al., 2015
39 Pseudomonas fulva P31 D-phenothrin pH-7.3 Temp-29.5°C 3-Phenoxybenzaldegyde and 1,2- benzene dicarboxylic butyl dacyl ester identified as major intermediates Yang et al., 2018
40 Sepedonium maheswarium Beta-cyfluthrin PDA media Temp-25 ± 2°C Dissipation study Mukherjee and Mittal, 2007
41 Penicillum raistrickii CBMAI 93, Aspergillus sydowii CBMAI935, Cladosporium sp. CBMAI 1237, Microsphaeropsis sp. CBMAI1675, Acremonium sp. CBMAI 1676, Westerdykella sp. CBMAI 1679, and Cladosporium sp. CBMAI1678 Esfenvalerate pH-7 Temp-32°C All fungal strains degraded esfenvalerate with different efficiencies Birolli et al., 2016a; Zhao et al., 2016
42 Aspergillus sp. CBMAI 1829, Acremonium sp. CBMAI 1676, Microsphaeropsis sp. CBMAI 1675, and Westerdykella sp. CBMAI 1679 Lambda-cyhalothrin pH-7 Temp-32°C Enantioselctive degradation of cyhalothrin by the fungal strains Birolli et al., 2016a; Zhao et al., 2018
43 Cunninghamella elegans DSM1908 Cyhalothrin pH-5.6 Temp-28°C Intermediate metabolites and proposed pathways identified Birolli et al., 2018
44 Phtobacterium genghwense PGS6046 Cyfluthrin pH-8 Temp-30°C Characterized metabolites in different culture conditions Wang et al., 2018
45 Acinetobacter baumanii ZH-14 Permethrin pH-7.0 Temp-30°C Strain degraded permethrin as well as wide variety of pyrethroids Zhan et al., 2018
46 Raoultella ornithinolytica ZK4 Pyrethroids pH-6.5, Temp-37°C Bacteria was isolated from the soil sediment that degraded different pyrethroids Zhang et al., 2019
47 Klebsiella pneumoniae BPBA052 3-Phenoxybenzoic acid pH-7.7 Temp-35.01°C Bacterium uses 3-phenoxybenzoic acid as carbon and energy source Tang et al., 2019
48 Rhodopseudomonas sp. PSB07-21 Fenpropathrin pH-7.0 Temp-35°C Photoheterotrophic mode of growth was better as compared to photoautotrophic growth mode Luo et al., 2019