Isolation and Characteristics of a Butachlor Degradation Bacterium

Abstract:

One Butachlor-degrading bacterium named LYC-1 was isolated from a soil sample by enrichment culture. Combining morphologic characteristics and physiobiochemical characteristics with 16S rRNA sequence analysis, strain LYC-1 was identified as Acinetobacter sp.. The optimal temperature and pH value for growth of strain LYC-1 was 30°C and pH 7.5 , respectively. The strain could degrade butachlor more than 80% when it was cultured in 100 mg/L butachlor medium for 7 days.