Microbial transformation of the pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate

S E Maloney; A Maule; A R Smith

doi:10.1128/aem.54.11.2874-2876.1988

Microbial transformation of the pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 Nov;54(11):2874-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.11.2874-2876.1988.

Authors

S E Maloney¹, A Maule, A R Smith

Affiliation

¹ Division of Biotechnology, Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Pure cultures of Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Achromobacter sp. were shown to transform five pyrethroid insecticides in the presence of Tween 80. One of the major products, 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, was further transformed to 4-hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzoic acid. Permethrin was the most rapidly transformed of the pyrethroids, with a half-life of less than 5 days.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Alcaligenes / metabolism*
Bacillus cereus / metabolism*
Biodegradation, Environmental
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry
Insecticides / metabolism*
Nitriles
Permethrin
Polysorbates
Pseudomonas fluorescens / metabolism*
Pyrethrins / metabolism*
Sewage
Soil Microbiology

Substances

Insecticides
Nitriles
Polysorbates
Pyrethrins
Sewage
cypermethrin
decamethrin
fluvalinate
Permethrin
fenvalerate