Biodegradation of 2,4-D and Trifluralin Herbicides by the Bacteria Pseudomonas spp. Using Factorial Design of Experiments

Year 2023, Volume: 18 Issue: 3, 87 - 99, 30.09.2023

Hale Köksoy , Güven Uraz

Abstract

Herbicides are commonly used to control unwanted weeds in fields, gardens, airports, parks, and railways. In addition to the benefits of herbicides that are applied to the ground with the help of agricultural tools, they also may be observed to have some damaging effects on the ecosystem. Herbicides may cause death and birth defects by getting mixed into drinking water. Studies show that numerous Pseudomonas spp. species isolated from various environments degrade hydrocarbon compounds. Degradation processes increase when environmental conditions become extreme. My purpose is to treat Pseudomonas ssp. isolated from environmental and clinical specimens. To clean herbicides by bacteria and contribute to cleaning nature economically. This study aims to establish the biodegradation of bacteria in the most effective medium in a statistical 23 multi-factorial testing apparatus created from four environmental and four clinical isolates selected from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Pseudomonas putida species. Burkholderia cepacia species was observed to degrade 2,4-D at a rate of 99.7% in the presence of activated carbon in the medium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa species was found to degrade trifluralin at a rate of 99.3% in the presence of activated carbon in the medium. The presence of activated carbon and succinic acid in the medium increased the efficiency of bacteria in herbicide biodegradation. Consequently, it is believed that the use of Pseudomonades for eliminating toxic residues left by 2,4-D and Trifluralin herbicides may provide some benefits environmentally, clinically, and economically.

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), Trifluralin, Burcholderia cepacia, Pseudomonas putida

Supporting Institution

No funding was received by the author.

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Thanks

This work was supported by a grant from Gazi University. I thank O. Koksoy for his editing of the manuscript and statistical analysis of the factorial design and N. Sultan for his help in all assessments of laboratory experiments and comment assessment

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