Table 3 Biosurfactant mediated bioremediation of soils contaminated with pesticides
From: Microbial glycoconjugates in organic pollutant bioremediation: recent advances and applications
| Pesticides | Concentration of pesticide | Biosurfactant/biosurfactant producing microbes | Degradation (%) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organochlorines | ||||
| Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) | 282 µM | Trehalolipid from Rhodococcus sp. IITR03 | 50–60 | [55] |
| DDT | 1.417 mg/L | Pseudomonas sp. SB + Grass sp. | 65.6 | [150] |
| DDT | 0.0474 mg/L | Rhamnolipids from Arthrobacter globiformis | 64.3 | [150] |
| DDT | 0.25 µM | White rot fungi + biosurfactant from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis | ≈ 86 | [151] |
| α-Endosulfan | 200 mg/L | Bacillus subtilis MTCC 1427 | 100 | [21] |
| Endosulfan soil | 320 mg/L | Pseudomonas aeruginosa + rhamnolipid | > 90 | [149] |
| α- and β-endosulfan | 50 mg/L | Arthrobacter sp. ES-47 | 76.3–81.8 | [152] |
| α- and β-endosulfan | 50 mg/L | Bordetella petrii I GV 34 & GV36 | 82–89 | [153] |
| α-Endosulfan | 1420–3400 mg/L |
Consortium of Bordetella petrii I GV 34 and Bordetella petrii II GV 36 | 100 | [153] |
| β-Endosulfan | 1280–3100 mg/L | Achromobacter xylosoxidans GV 47 | 100 | [153] |
| Endosulfan | 0.92 mg/L | Glycolipid, from Pseudomonas sp. B0406 | Increased solubility | [154] |
| Endosulfan and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) |
50 mg/L (endosulfan), 100 mg/L (HCH) | Rhamnolipid from Lysinibacillus sphaericus IITR51 | Increased solubility | [155] |
| HCH | 40 mg/L | Rhamnolipid from Pseudomonas aeruginosa + Sphingomonas sp. NM05 | 95 | [156] |
| HCH | 65 mg/L | Cytisus striatus plantation + Rhodococcus erythropolis ET54b | 33 | [157] |
| HCH | 700 mg/L | Pseudozyma VITJzN01 | 3-9-fold increase in solubilization | [158] |
| HCH | – | Rhamnolipids | Increase solubility | [159] |
| Organophosphates | ||||
| Methyl Parathion | – | Glycolipid from Pseudomonas sp. B0406 | Increased solubility | [154] |
| Chlorpyrifos | 10 mg/L | Pseudomonas sp. ChlD + biosurfactant | > 98 | [20, 143] |
| Methyl parathion and ethyl parathion | 500 mg/L | Glycolipid from Burkholderia cenocepacia BSP3 | Increased solubility | [18] |
| Quinalphos | 10,000 mg/L | Biosurfactant from Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 94 | [159] |