Find the information about the microbe that distroy the chemical pesticides in soil
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Fungi, bacteria, protozoans, insects, worms destroy chemical pesticides in soil that cause human health problems and environmental problems.
Pesticides reaching the soil are acted upon by several physical, chemical, and biological forces. However, physical and chemical forces are acting upon/degrading the pesticides to some extent, microorganism’s plays major role in the degradation of pesticides. Many soil microorganisms have the ability to act upon pesticides and convert them into simpler non-toxic compounds. This process of degradation of pesticides and conversion into non-toxic compounds by microorganisms is known as “biodegradation”.
The chemical reactions leading to biodegradation of pesticides fall into several broad categories...
Detoxification
Degradation. e.g. Thirum (fungicide) is degraded by a strain of Pseudomonas and the degradation products are dimethlamine, proteins, sulpholipaids, etc.
Conjugation
Activation
Changing the spectrum of toxicity