Study of pesticide-degrading properties of bacteria using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride as an indicator of their dehydrogenase activity

The paper presents a method of introducing water-insoluble active ingredients of commercial pesticides into selective media as the only source of organic food for Bacillus mycoides K1 and Pseudomonas putida Pn6 bacterial strains, with the aim to assess the degrading activity of the bacteria.