burkholderia jiangsuensis sp. nov., a methyl parathion degrading bacterium, isolated from methyl parathion contaminated soil. | a methyl parathion (mp) degrading bacterial strain, designated mp-1(t), was isolated from a waste land where pesticides were formerly manufactured in jiangsu province, china. polyphasic taxonomic studies showed that mp-1(t) is a gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and motile bacterium. the bacterium could grow at salinities of 0-1 % (w/v) and temperatures of 15-40 °c. strain mp-1(t) could reduce nitrate to nitrite, utilize d-glucose and l-arabinose, but not produce indole, or hydr ... | 2014 | 24981326 |