Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a
variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety of sectors like food …

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The
spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of …

Ester-containing organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid (OCP) pesticides are used
worldwide to minimize the impact of pests and increase agricultural production. The toxicity …

Organophosphorus compounds are extensively used worldwide as pesticides which cause
great hazards to human health. Nerve agents, a subcategory of the organophosphorus …

The use of pesticides in agriculture has highly increased during the last 40 years to increase
crop yields. However, today most pesticides are polluting water, soil, atmosphere and food …

One strategy employed by bacterial strains to resist β-lactam antibiotics is the expression of
metallo-β-lactamases requiring Zn2+ for activity. In the last few years, many new zinc β …

The first organophosphorus (OP) compound-degrading bacterial strain was isolated from a
paddy field in the Philippines in 1973. Since then, several phylogenetically distinct bacteria …

Finding new mechanistic solutions for biocatalytic challenges is key in the evolutionary
adaptation of enzymes, as well as in devising new catalysts. The recent release of man …

Organophosphorus insecticides have been widely used, which are highly poisonous and
cause serious concerns over food safety and environmental pollution. A bacterial strain …

Pesticides play a significant role in crop production and have become an inevitable part of
the modern environment due to their extensive distribution throughout the soil ecosystem …