Optimized atrazine biodegradation in Egyptian soils via native bacterial isolates and molecular insights using different statistical methods
Abdelaal Shamseldin, Eman S. Ibrahim, Soraya A. Sabery, Hanan Gozalan · 2026
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Abdelaal Shamseldin leads a 2026 study of Egyptian soil bacteria that can break down atrazine, a widely used weed killer that pollutes farm soil. Forty-four candidate bacteria were isolated from polluted sites, and 34 could use atrazine as a nitrogen source. Two strains stood out and were tested further.
The best strains, from Klebsiella and Ochrobactrum groups, each broke down about 81 percent of atrazine and carried known degrading genes. Both made the same breakdown product. Using a statistical tuning method, breakdown rose to 94.2 percent and 96.7 percent for the two strains. The authors present this as a bio-safe option for cleaning polluted fields in Egypt.
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| CREATOR | Abdelaal Shamseldin, Eman S. Ibrahim, Soraya A. Sabery, Hanan Gozalan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66215 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |