Isolation and character of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides-degrading bacteria from tea leaves
茶叶上拟除虫菊酯类农药降解菌的分离及其特性

Bioremediation is an environmentally-benign method for degrading insecticides from contaminated substrates. Our goal was to find bacteria that could degrade the pyrethroids that are used in production of tea. To this end, we isolated bacteria from pesticide-treated tea leaves from the tea garden in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. Initial screening was on enrichment media, with subsequent sequential isolation on minimal media containing the pesticides as sole C source. One strain which grew particularly well...