%0 Journal Article
%@ 0360-1234
%A Awasthi, N.
%A Kumar, A.
%A Makkar, R S
%A Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
%D 1999
%F open:809
%I Taylor and francis group
%J Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B
%K Biodegradation, biosurfactant, mobilization, site reclamation
%N 5
%P 793-803
%T Biodegradation of soil-applied endosulfan in the presence of a biosurfactant
%U http://crdd.osdd.net/open/809/
%V 34
%X Biodegradation of endosulfan isomers in soil‐applied and flask‐coated conditions was studied, by an isolated bacterial coculture. The degradation in soil‐applied form was 20–30% slower than in flask‐coated condition. Addition of a biosurfactant, isolated from Bacillus subtilis MTCC 1427, enhanced the rate of biodegradation by 30–45% in both the conditions. It also mobilized the residual endosulfan towards biodegradation, that otherwise remains undegraded.
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