Biodegradation of dicofol by Microbacterium sp. D-2 isolated from pesticide-contaminated agricultural soil

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 1 Comparison of chemical and biological degradation of dicofol

Factor	Initial concentration (mg/L)	Degradation rate and time	Advantages	Disadvantages	References
Photochemical
TiO₂-NPs	10	100% in 2 h	High degradation rate	Low initial concentration	[31]
Boric/Cerous co-doped TiO₂	0.2	83% in 0.5 h	Short time	Low initial concentration	[32]
Ag/TiO₂-NTs	100	72% in 20 min	Short time and high initial concentration	Low degradation rate	[33]
Sonochemical
Hydrodynamic cavitation	50	85% in 1 h	Short time	Difficult to apply	[34]
Electrochemical
BDD electrode	50	100% in 3 h	High degradation rate	High cost	[35]
Oxidation
H₂O₂	0.6	100% in 100 min	High degradation rate	Low initial concentration	[36]
O₃	0.16	98% in 1 h	High degradation rate	Low initial concentration	[37]
Biological
Pseudomonas sp. PFD9	10	70% in 24 h	Low cost and easy to operate	Low initial concentration and degradation rate	[30]
Pseudomonas sp. PFD13	10	32% in 24 h	Low cost and easy to operate	Low initial concentration and degradation rate	[30]
Exiguobacterium acetylicum MA4	5	95% in 24 h	High degradation rate and low cost	Low initial concentration	[27]
Bacillus megaterium SSF1	5	93% in 24 h	High degradation rate and low cost	Low initial concentration	[27]
Strain DSPM95	20	95% in 31 days	High degradation rate and low cost	Long time	[38]
Datronia concentrica	20	99% in 31 days	High degradation rate and low cost	Long time	[38]
Cellulase	10	72% in 7 h	Easy to operate and obtain	Low initial concentration and degradation rate	[28]
Activated sludge	1	97% in 18 days	Easy to obtain and high degradation rate	Low initial concentration and anaerobic	[29]