Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiolo

lt o of parathion hydrolase from Flavobacterium sp. ATCC27551 eral attempts have been made to express the opd gene in heterologous hosts. Increased levels of parathion hydrolase Organophosphate (op) pesticides are used all over the world as effective chemical agents to and causes enormous damage to the environment, especially to the non-target organisms [1,5]. How-ever, some soil micro-organisms display the remarkable capability of using these chemicals as their sole source of carbon and phosphate served