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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 November; 54(11): 2874-2876

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

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.

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