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Sorption and microbial degradation of glyphosate in soil suspensions

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Sorption and microbial destruction of glyphosate, the active agent of the herbicide Ground Bio, in suspensions of sod-podzol and gray forest soils has been studied. According to the adsorptive values (3560 and 8200 mg/kg, respectively) and the Freundlich constants (Kf, 15.6 and 18.7, respectively), these soils had a relatively high sorption capacity as related to the herbicide. Sorbed glyphosate is represented by extractable and bound (non-extractable) fractions. After long-term incubation of sterile suspensions, the ratio of these fractions reached 2: 1 for sod-podzol soil and 1: 1 for gray forest soil. Inoculation of a native suspension of sod-podzol soil with cells of a selected strain-degrader Ochrobactum anthropi GPK 3 resulted in a 25.4% decrease in the total glyphosate content (dissolved and extractable), whereas in a noninoculated suspension, the loss did not exceed 5.5%. The potential for the use of a selected bacterial strain in the glyphosate destruction processes in soil systems is demonstrated for the first time.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia

    T. V. Shushkova, I. T. Ermakova & A. A. Leontievsky

  2. Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Agriculture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia

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Original Russian Text © T.V. Shushkova, G.K. Vasilieva, I.T. Ermakova, A.A. Leontievsky, 2009, published in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 664–669.

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Shushkova, T.V., Vasilieva, G.K., Ermakova, I.T. et al. Sorption and microbial degradation of glyphosate in soil suspensions. Appl Biochem Microbiol 45, 599–603 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683809060040

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