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Identification of Bacteria Isolated from an Oligotrophic Lake with Pesticide Removal Capacities

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We studied the growth and capacities for pesticides removal of bacterial strains isolated from the Laguna Grande, an oligotrophic lake at the South of Spain (Archidona, Málaga). Strains were isolated from water samples amended with 10 and 50 μg/ml of nine pesticides: organochlorinated insecticides (aldrin and lindane), organophosphorous insecticides (dimetoate, methyl-parathion and methidation), s-triazine herbicides (simazine and atrazine), fungicide (captan) and diflubenzuron (1-(-4-chlorophenyl)-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl urea), a chitinase inhibitor. The majority of the strains belonged to the genera Pseudomonas and Aeromonas and only 9% of the total of strains were Gram positive. From all the strains isolated, only 22 showed a wide growth range in all the pesticides tested and 4 of them were chosen for pesticide removal studies. The genetic identification of these strains showed their affiliation to Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus sp. and Exiguobacterium aurantiacum. These last two strains were those that showed the highest pesticide removal capacities and a high bacterial growth.

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  1. Group of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Water Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain

    L. López, C. Pozo, B. Juárez, M.V. Martínez-Toledo & J. González-López

  2. Group of Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    B. Rodelas & C. Calvo

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López, L., Pozo, C., Rodelas, B. et al. Identification of Bacteria Isolated from an Oligotrophic Lake with Pesticide Removal Capacities. Ecotoxicology 14, 299–312 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-003-6367-y

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