Biodegradation of Carbofuran Pesticide by Saline Soil Actinomycetes

Biodegradation is the chemical breakdown of materials by a physiological environment. The term is often used in relation to ecology, waste management and environmental remediation (bioremediation). Organic material can be degraded aerobically with oxygen, or anaerobically, without oxygen. Saline soil actinomycetes has the capacity to degrade carbofuran pesticide we had under gone lots of trails in testing the biodegradable efficiency of Actinomycets isolates.

All 319 Actinomycetes isolates obtained from saline soils of Sangli District (Maharashtra) were tested for the resistance to 20μg ml 1 concentration of carbofuran. It was found that out of 319 Actinomycetes isolates, only seven actinomycetal isolates were able to resist the pesticide and showed growth. Actinomycete species showing resistance to carbofuran were identified up to species level. They were Streptomyces alanosinicus, Streptoverticillium album, Nocardia farcinia, Streptomyces atratus, Nocardia vaccini, Nocardia amarae and Micromonospora chalcea.