A comprehensive review of environmental fate and degradation of fipronil and its toxic metabolites

NS Singh, R Sharma, SK Singh, DK Singh - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of pesticides to increase crop production has become one of the inevitable
components of modern agriculture. Fipronil, a phenylpyrazoles insecticide, is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the toxicity and biodegradation of fipronil in contaminated environment

P Bhatt, S Gangola, S Ramola, M Bilal, K Bhatt… - Microbiological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fipronil is a phenylpyrazole insecticide used in various agricultural, horticulture, and
veterinary practices. Besides its wide range of applications, it also causes severe health …

Selective bacterial colonization processes on polyethylene waste samples in an abandoned landfill site

E Puglisi, F Romaniello, S Galletti, E Boccaleri… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The microbial colonization of plastic wastes has been extensively studied in marine
environments, while studies on aged terrestrial wastes are scarce, and mostly limited to the …

Novel mechanism and degradation kinetics of pesticides mixture using Bacillus sp. strain 3C in contaminated sites

S Gangola, A Sharma, S Joshi, G Bhandari… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study has investigated the potential of Bacillus sp. strain 3C able to degrade
mixture of pesticides from the environment. It showed maximum tolerance up to 450 mg· L …

Biodegradation of fipronil: current state of mechanisms of biodegradation and future perspectives

Z Zhou, X Wu, Z Lin, S Pang, S Mishra… - Applied microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Fipronil is a broad-spectrum phenyl-pyrazole insecticide that is widely used in agriculture.
However, in the environment, its residues are toxic to aquatic animals, crustaceans, bees …

Esterase and ALDH dehydrogenase-based pesticide degradation by Bacillus brevis 1B from a contaminated environment

S Gangola, G Bhandari, S Joshi, A Sharma… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The isolated bacterial strain (Bacillus brevis strain 1 B) showed a maximum tolerated level of
450 mg L− 1 of the selected pesticides namely: imidacloprid, fipronil, cypermethrin, and …

Fipronil degradation kinetics and resource recovery potential of Bacillus sp. strain FA4 isolated from a contaminated agricultural field in Uttarakhand, India

P Bhatt, ER Rene, AJ Kumar, S Gangola, G Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential role of Bacillus sp. FA4 for the bioremediation of fipronil
in a contaminated environment and resource recovery from natural sites. The degradation …

Bioremediation of organophosphorus pesticide phorate in soil by microbial consortia

M Jariyal, V Jindal, K Mandal, VK Gupta… - … and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial consortia isolated from aged phorate contaminated soil were used to degrade
phorate. The consortia of three microorganisms (Brevibacterium frigoritolerans, Bacillus …

Removal of a mixture of pesticides by a Streptomyces consortium: influence of different soil systems

MS Fuentes, EE Raimondo, MJ Amoroso, CS Benimeli - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Although the use of organochlorine pesticides (OPs) is restricted or banned in most
countries, they continue posing environmental and health concerns, so it is imperative to …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in bioremediation of pesticide residues in the environment

BS Giri, S Geed, K Vikrant, SS Lee, KH Kim… - Environmental …, 2021 - eeer.org
The increasing use of various pesticides (eg, organophosphate, organochlorine,
carbamates, and pyrethroid) has helped to improve agricultural productivity by minimizing …