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Table 2 Comparison of the reported dicofol-degrading microorganisms

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

Genera

Strain

From

Initial concentration (mg/L)

Degradation efficiency

Product

References

Pseudomonas

P. PFD9

India (Tea rhizosphere soil)

10 

70% in 24 h

Unknown

[30]

Pseudomonas

P. PFD13

32% in 24 h

Exiguobacterium

E. acetylicum MA4

Thailand (DCF-polluted soil)

95% in 24 h

[27]

Bacillus

B. megaterium SSF1

93% in 24 h

Trametes

T. pocas

Zimbabwe (dead wood in woodlands)

20 

97% in 31 days

[38]

Unknow

DSPM95

95% in 31 days

Datronia

D. concentrica

99% in 31 days

Pycnoporus

P. sanguineus

99% in 31 days

Azospirillium

A. barasilense

Egypt (College of Agriculture, Alexandria University)

100 

75% in 28 days

[25]

Azotobacter

A. chroococcum

94% in 28 days

Klebsilense

K. pneumoneae

88% in 28 days

Pseudomonas

P. cepacia

USA (type culture collection)

87% in 28 days

Bacillus

B. subtilis

Egypt (soil of the wheat fields)

85% in 28 days

Pseudomonas

P. fluorescens

82% in 28 days

Bacillus

B. polymyxa

Saudi Arabia (wheat roots of Al-Qassim fields)

84% in 28 days

Microbacterium

M.D-2

China (DCF-polluted agricultural soil)

50 

84% in 24 h

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