Endosulfan is a highly polluting and toxic pesticide which has been used in many areas
globally to control pests in view to improve productivity. Concomitantly, endosulfan has also …

Endosulfan and endosulfan sulfate are persistent organic pollutants that cause serious
environmental problems. Although these compounds are already prohibited in many …

Extensive applications of persistent organochlorine pesticides like endosulfan on cotton
have led to the contamination of soil and water environments at several sites in Pakistan …

Biodegradation of endosulfan, a chlorinated cyclodiene insecticide, is generally
accompanied by production of the more toxic and more persistent metabolite, endosulfan …

The recently discovered endosulfan-degrading bacterial strain Alcaligenes faecalis JBW4
was isolated from activated sludge. This strain is able to use endosulfan as a carbon and …

Endosulfan is one of the most widely used wide spectrum cyclodiene organochlorine
insecticide. In environment, endosulfan can undergo either oxidation or hydrolysis reaction …

Achromobacter xylosoxidans CS5, capable of utilizing endosulfan as the sole carbon, sulfur
and energy source, was isolated from the activated sludge. Degradation of endosulfan by …

Purpose: Scientists have identified a plenty of bacterial strains having ability to degrade
pesticide residues accumulated in the environment. Due to wide variation of chemical …

A mixed bacterial culture consisted of Staphylococcus sp., Bacillus circulans-I and-II has
been enriched from contaminated soil collected from the vicinity of an endosulfan …

Soil contamination has enlarged over the decades due to intensive use of pesticides and
chemical fertilizers in agronomy. Earthworms are significant organisms in the soil …