Draft genome of sp. strain UAMC isolated from agricultural soil with historical use of pesticides in Argentina.

To understand microbial metabolism in horticultural soils exposed to pesticides, genome sequencing of sp. strain UAMC was performed. A total of 7,892 genes distributed across 40 contigs were identified.

Evaluation of endosulfan degradation capacity by six pure strains isolated from a horticulture soil.

Endosulfan is an organochlorine pesticide included in the Stockholm Convention for Persistent Organic Compounds. The utilization of endosulfan as the sole source of carbon and its mineralization was evaluated using pure strains of Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pseudomycoides, Peribacillus simplex, Enterobacter cloacae, Achromobacter spanius, and Pseudomonas putida, isolated from soil with historical pesticide use. The consumption of the α isomer of endosulfan by five of the six strains studied was higher than 95%, while B.