BIODEGRADATION OF THE ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INSECTICIDE MONOCROTOPHOS BY PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM | ||||
| Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 2, December 1995, Page 14-19 PDF (3.37 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/zjps.1995.185615 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
GAMAL RABIE 
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| Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Biodegradation of the organophosphorus insecticide monocrotophos by a local strain of Penicillium corylophilum has been confirmed to be via the production of a thermolabile extracellular oxidizing enzyme. The enzyme is active over a relatively wide range of pH values (6-9) with an optimum activity at pH 8.0. Moreover, the possibility of using the partially purified enzyme as field inoculum to decontaminate soil from monocrotophos residues was also studied. | ||||
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