Isolation and Identification of Imazethapyr Degradable Bacteria and Its Degradation Characteristics
咪唑乙烟酸降解菌的分离、鉴定及其降解特性研究

One strain of imazethapyr degradable bacteria was isolated from the mixture of imazethapyr production factory's sludge and the soil that was contaminated with imazethapyr for a long time. The strain could degrade imazethapyr more than 90% within 72 h when it grew in 500 mg/L imazethapyr condition. When pH was 5, the bacteria could degrade all the imazethapyr of 500 mg/L in 72 h, but when pH was 8 and 9, only 50% imazethapyr was degraded which showed acid condition was more compatible than that of alkalescency for this bacteria growing. The higher degradation ratio at 25 degrees C and 30 degrees C was observed and the optimum condition for the bacteria to degrade imazethapyr was pH = 5 and 25 degrees C. Characterizing by physiological and biochemical properties as well as 16S rRNA sequence analysis, the strain is related and shared characteristics of the genus Alcaligenes sp.