The invention discloses
rhodococcus ruber YMHL-1 capable of degrading nicosulfuron and applications thereof. The invention provides a strain namely
rhodococcus ruber YMHL-1 capable of degrading residual nicosulfuron in
wastewater, and the identification shows that the strain belongs to
Rhodococcus. The strain is preserved in China General
Microbiological Culture Collection Center, CGMCC in February 9th, 2015; and the preservation number is CGMCC No. 10542. The main biological characteristics are as follows: the
Gram staining reaction is negative; the
bacterial colony is in an orange yellow color, is in a round shape, and is opaque, the surface of the
bacterial colony is rough and dry; the
cell is in a sphere shape or short bar shape, does not have any
flagellum, is motionless, and does not generate any
spore; the strain is aerobic and chemoheterotrophic and cannot liquefy
gelatin and hydrolyze
starch; the
enzyme contact reaction is positive, the V.P. reaction is positive, the
methyl red reaction is negative; the strain cannot degrade
casein, cannot reduce nitrates; and the strain can produce acids from glucose, can utilize glucose,
fructose, and citrates, cannot utilize
mannose,
arabinose, and
raffinose, and can reduce more than 90% of
antibiotics in water through direct application.