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Background: I am running an experiment on HPLC to determine that cyanobacteria resist/degrade organophosphorous pesticide Chlorpyrifos. I have technical grade chlorpyrifos. The problem is that chlorpyrifos degrades to TCP when it comes in contact with water as it is sparingly soluble. If i dissolve it in methanol/Acetonitrile/ethanol/DCM then it is very stable and shows full response on HPLC but i cannot grow my organism in such organic solvents it will die. It has to be a proper mixture of Broth (BG11) + pesticide in ppm. If you dissolve pesticide in organic solvent and then add it to broth, the broth turns milky and instantly chlorpyrifos forms TCP So, bioremediation experiment cannot be studied. Reason: I am pursuing research. I am referring to various papers.But, i dont get a proper methodology as to how to get Chlorpyrifos dissolved in liquid media to check for degradation by cyanobacteria. Predominantly, papers for soil media are available. Thankyou very much.
Re: How to make 10-120ppm of Chlorpyrifos (Technical grade insecticide) to chec
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