Methods for degrading toxic compounds
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
InventorsGunjan Pandey, Chris M. Coppin, Susan J. Dorrian, Robyn Russell, John Oakeshott
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Abstract
The invention relates to bacteria, bacterial extracts, supernatants obtained from the culturing of said bacteria, polypeptides and compositions for degrading benzimidazole carbamate fungicides, carbanilate fungicides, sulfonamide herbicides, thioamide herbicides and/or synthetic pyrethroid insecticides. In particular, the invention relates to the identification of Nocardioides sp. which degrades benzimidazole carbamate fungicides, carbanilate fungicides, sulfonamide herbicides, thioamide herbicides and/or synthetic pyrethroid insecticides.
Claims31
A composition comprising:
- a Nocardioides sp.,
- an extract of the Nocardioides sp., or
- a culture supernatant of the Nocardioides sp., wherein the extract and the culture supernatant degrades a benzimidazole carbamate fungicide, a carbanilate fungicide, and/or a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, and
- wherein the Nocardioides sp. is strain SG-4G deposited under Accession number V07/015486 on 20 Jun. 2007 at the National Measurement Institute, Australia.
An isolated strain of Nocardioides sp. which is strain SG4G deposited under Accession number V07/015486 on 20 Jun. 2007 at the National Measurement Institute, Australia.
A substantially purified polypeptide comprising amino acids comprising the sequence provided as SEQ ID NO:1, an enzymatically active fragment thereof, or an amino acid sequence which is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polypeptide degrades a benzimidazole carbamate fungicide and/or a carbanilate fungicide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.