title: [Interaction between chlopyrifos and microorganisms in soils].
abstract: The experimental results showed that in sterilized soils, the degradation rate of 50 mg x kg(-1), 500 mg x kg(-1) and 5,000 g x kg(-1) chlopyrifos was very slow (only 20% after 60 d), and in soils which previously treated with chlopyrifos, the degradation rate of 50 mg x kg(-1), 500 mg x kg(-1) and 5,000 mg x kg(-1) chlopyrifos was 100%, 90% and 80%, respectively. However, in un-sterilized and untreated soils, the degradation rate was at the medium of the rates mentioned-above, indicating that soil microorganisms played an important role in chlopyrifos degradation, and using chlopyrifos could induce the chlopyrifos degrading ability of soil microorganisms. Compared to the soils untreated with chlopyrifos, the soils treated with 50 mg x kg(-1) and 500 mg x kg(-1) chlopyrifos had somewhat increased bacteria and fungi during a short period of treatment, which recovered to normal level after 60 days. But, when treated with 5,000 mg x kg(-1) chlopyrifos, the bacteria and fungi were inhibited, and couldn't recover after 60 days. Under the same treatment condition, the number of bacteria and fungi was not different between soils previously treated and untreated with chlopyrifos, which indicated that enhanced degradation of chlopyrifos was not decided by the numbers of bacteria and fungi, but by their ability of enhanced degradation.
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China. Liuxin7777@vip.sina.com
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Minsheng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Jinying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Yingzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D004390:Chlorpyrifos