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. 2022 Aug 17;13:962619. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.962619

TABLE 6.

Pesticides degrading microorganisms.

Type of pesticide Example Microorganism References
Organophosphorus Chlorpyrifos Bacillusspp., Pseudomonasspp., Arthrobacterspp., Micrococcus, Flavobacterium, Bacillus licheniformis, Cupriavidusspp., Burkholderia caryophylli, Brevundimonas diminuta, Spirulina platensis, Synechocystis Nandhini et al., 2021; Lourthuraj et al., 2022
Organophosphorus Parathion Pseudomonas diminuta, Flavobacteriumspp., Pseudomonas stutzeri, Arthrobacterspp., Agrobacterium radiobacter, Bacillusspp., Xanthomonasspp. Mali et al., 2022; Saravanan et al., 2022
Organophosphorus Methyl parathion Pseudomonasspp., Bacillusspp., Plesiomonasspp., Pseudomonas putida, Dong et al., 2005; Singh and Walker, 2006; Parakhia et al., 2014
Glyphosate Pseudomonasspp., Alcaligenespp., Bacillus megaterium, Rhizobiumspp., Agrobacteriumspp., Arthrobacter atrocyaneus, Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus, Huch et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2022
Organophosphorus Coumaphos Nocardiodes simplex, Agrobacterium radiobacter, Pseudomonas diminuta, Pseudomonas monteilli, Flavobacteriumspp., Nocardiodes Strain B-1 Singh and Walker, 2006; Blatchford et al., 2012
Organophosphorus Monocrotophos Pseudomonasspp., Bacillus subtilis, Arthrobacterspp., Peudomonas mendocina, Bacillus megaterium, Arthrobacter atrocyaneus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Clavibacter michiganense Kaur and Goyal, 2019
Organophosphorus Fenitrothion Flavobacteriumspp., Arthrobacter aurescenes; Burkholderiaspp. Singh and Walker, 2006; Hong et al., 2007
Organophosphorus Fenthion Bacillusspp. Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995
Organophosphorus Diazinon Flavobacteriumspp., Pseudomonasspp., Arthrobacterspp. Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995; Singh and Walker, 2006
Organophosphorus DDT Alcaligene eutrophus Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995
Organochlorine Aldrin Micrococcus, Bacillus polymyxa, Flavobacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Phlebia aurea, Phlebia acanthocystis, Phlebia brevispora Bose et al., 2021
Organochlorine Dieldrin Pseudomonas fluorescens, Phlebia aurea, Phlebia acanthocystis, Phlebia brevispora Bose et al., 2021
Organochlorine Endosulfan Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Mortierellasp.,Trametes hirsute, Aspergillus niger Romero-Aguilar et al., 2014; Bose et al., 2021
Organochlorine Alpha endosulfan Fusarium ventricosum, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter Siddique et al., 2003; Bose et al., 2021
Organochlorine Beta endosulfan Fusarium ventricosum Siddique et al., 2003
Organochlorine Dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane Trichoderma harzianum, Stenotrophomonassp., Sphingobacteriumsp., Pseudomonassp., Trichoderma hamatum, Rhizopus arrhizus, Ortiz-Hernández et al., 2013; Russo et al., 2019; Bose et al., 2021
Organochlorine Lindane Microbacterium sp. P27, Paracoccus sp. NITDBR1, Streptomycessp. A5,Streptomycessp. M7, Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus florida, Pleurotus sajor-caju, Phanerochaete chrysosporium Rigas et al., 2005; Xiao and Kondo, 2020; Zhang W. et al., 2020
Triazone Atrazine Nocardiaspp.Pseudomonasspp., Rhodococcusspp. Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995
Carbamate Carbafuron Achromobacterspp., Pseudomonasspp., Flavobacteriumspp. Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995
EPTC Arthrobacterspp., Rhodococcusspp. Aislabie and Lloyd-Jones, 1995
Carbafuron Achromobacter spanius, Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Rahman et al., 2018
Avermectin Emamectin Benzoate Achromobacter spanius, Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Rahman et al., 2018
Neonicotinoid Thiamethoxam Achromobacter spanius, Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Rahman et al., 2018