Microbial transformation of the pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate |
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| Authors: | S E Maloney A Maule A R Smith |
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| Institution: | Division of Biotechnology, Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. |
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| 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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