STUDIES ON THE ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPOXUR-DEGRADING ORGANISM

Abstract

The enrichment culture method was used to extract a bacterial strain from soil that could use propoxur as its only carbon and nitrogen source. Various aromatic chemicals are used by the isolated bacterium that destroys propoxur, and the process of isolating, characterising, and identifying this organism is detailed in this work. The pH was brought down to 7.0 after the medium was heated, filtered, and mixed. Autoclaving it for 20 minutes at 15 psi was the next step after dosing it 100 ml into 500 ml Erlenmeyer flasks. The use of photocatalysts for the breakdown of organic pollutants may soon reach new heights with the help of nano-based technologies.