Mp. Ramanathan et D. Lalithakumari, METHYLPARATHION DEGRADATION BY PSEUDOMONAS SP A3 IMMOBILIZED IN SODIUM ALGINATE BEADS, World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 12(1), 1996, pp. 107-108
An organophosphate-degrading soil isolate of Pseudomonas sp. A3, immob
ilized at 5% (wet wt/v) cell mass in 3% (w/v) sodium alginate beads, d
etoxified 99% of 1 mM methylparathion in 48 h. The beads were re-usabl
e for five batches, the sixth batch only giving 73% methylparathion re
moval.