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  • Title: Microbial degradation of carbosulfan by carbosulfan--and carbofuran-retreated rice soil suspension.
    Author: Sahoo A, Sethunathan N, Sahoo PK.
    Journal: J Environ Sci Health B; 1998 Jul; 33(4):369-79. PubMed ID: 9674149.
    Abstract:
    The role of microorganisms in the degradation of carbosulfan (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl-(di-n-butyl)-aminosulfenyl++ + methyl carbamate), an analogue of carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl-N-methyl carbamate) was studied by selective enrichment of microorganisms degrading either or both insecticides by repeated application of the insecticides, individually or in combination to flooded soil. Soil suspension from the pots treated with carbosulfan and carbofuran, individually or in combination collected after two applications, effected distinctly more rapid hydrolysis of carbosulfan than did the suspension from untreated pots or the uninoculated medium. The rate of hydrolysis was further accelerated by soil suspensions collected after six applications of the insecticides in the order carbosulfan treated > carbofuran treated > carbosulfan + carbofuran treated. The ability of treated and untreated suspension to degrade carbofuran was also studied. The rate of degradation of carbofuran by the suspension was in the order carbofuran retreated > carbosulfan + carbofuran retreated > carbosulfan retreated soil. Further involvement of microorganism in the rapid degradation of carbosulfan was confirmed by testing the degradation in sterilized and nonsterilized enrichment culture.
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