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Health Res Perspect 6(1):39–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2014.12.003
Karavangeli M, Labrou NE, Clonis YD, Tsaftaris A (2005) Development of transgenic tobacco
plants overexpressing maize glutathione S-transferase I for chloroacetanilide herbicides
phytoremediation. Biomol Eng 22(4):121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioeng.2005.03.001
Karigar CS, Rao SS (2011) Role of microbial enzymes in the bioremediation of pollutants: a review.
Enzyme Res 2011:805187. https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/805187
Karunya SK, Saranraj P (2014) Toxic effects of pesticide pollution and its biological control by
microorganisms: a review. Appl J Hygiene 3:1–10. https://doi.org/10.5829/idosi.ajh.2014.3.1.
8169
Kataoka R, Takagi K, Sakakibara F (2010) A new endosulfan-degrading fungus, Mortierella
species, isolated from a soil contaminated with organochlorine pesticides. J Pestic Sci 35
(3):326–332. https://doi.org/10.1584/jpestics.G10-10
Kaur H, Kapoor S, Kaur G (2016) Application of ligninolytic potentials of a white-rot fungus
Ganoderma lucidum for degradation of lindane. Environ Monit Assess 188:588. https://doi.org/
10.1007/s10661-016-5606-7
Kawahigashi H, Hirose S, Ohkawa H, Ohkawa Y (2005) Transgenic rice plants expressing human
CYP1A1 remediate the triazine herbicides atrazine and simazine. J Agric Food Chem 53
(22):8557–8564. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf051370f
Kehinde FO, Isaac SA (2016) Effectiveness of augmented consortia of Bacillus coagulans,
Citrobacter koseri and Serratia ficaria in the degradation of diesel polluted soil supplemented
with pig dung. Afr J Microbiol Res 10:1637–1644. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR2016.8249
Keum YS, Seo JS, Hu Y, Li QX (2006) Degradation pathways of phenanthrene by Sinorhizobium
sp. C4. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 71(6):935–941. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-005-0219-z
Khan NU, Varma B, Imrana N, Shetty PK (2011) Phytoremediation using an indigenous crop plant
(wheat): the uptake of methyl parathion and metabolism of p-nitrophenol. Indian J Sci Technol 4
(12):1–7
Khera KS, Kaur J, Sangha GK (2016) Reproductive toxicity of quinalphos on female albino rats:
effects on ovary and uterus. Indian J Anim Res 50(4):537–543. https://doi.org/10.18805/ijar.
10771
Komori K, Toda K, Ohtake H (1990) Effects of oxygen stress on chromate reduction in
Enterobacter cloacae strain HO1. J Ferment Bioeng 69(1):67–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/
0922-338X(90)90168-V
Kryuchkova YV, Burygin GL, Gogoleva NE, Gogolev YV, Chernyshova MP, Makarov OE,
Fedorov EE, Turkovskaya OV (2014) Isolation and characterization of a glyphosate-degrading
rhizosphere strain, Enterobacter cloacae K7. Microbiol Res 169(1):99–105. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.micres.2013.03.002
Kuiper I, Bloemberg GV, Lugtenberg BJJ (2001) Selection of a plant-bacterium pair as a novel tool
for rhizostimulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Mol Plant-Microbe
Interact 14:1197–1205. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.10.1197
Kulik N, Goi A, Trapido M, Tuhkanen T (2006) Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
by combined chemical pre-oxidation and bioremediation in creosote contaminated soil. J
Environ Manag 78:382–391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.05.005
Kulshrestha G, Kumari A (2010) Simultaneous degradation of mixed insecticides by mixed fungal
culture isolated from sewage sludge. J Agric Food Chem 58:11852–11856. https://doi.org/10.
1021/jf1028202
Kumar PS, Carolin CF, Varjani SJ (2018a) Pesticides bioremediation. In: Varjani S, Agarwal A,
Gnansounou E, Gurunathan B (eds) Bioremediation: applications for environmental protection
and management. Springer, Singapore, pp 197–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-74851_10
2 Bioremediation of Pesticides: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Environment. . .
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