Description
Soil sample was taken from Froberg Farm on August 30th, 2014 at around 11 am. At the time when soil sample was taken, no produce were seen growing on site. The farm land was being prepared for planting new batch of seeds. After the weekly inoculation, an average of 19 colonies were seen growing on the agar plate. The bacteria are tolerant to withstand the toxic environment however they are unable to degrade the organophosphorus compound present in the pesticide
Data for Soil Sample and Researcher
Location of Soil Sample
Froberg Farm, 3601 Texas 6, Alvin, TX 77511, United States, 29.441285, -95.281145
Collection Date of Soil Sample
Colonies of Paraoxon
1,492
Colonies of Methyl Parathion
0
Researcher
Unknown
Organization
University of Houston
Course Term
Fall
Year of Course
2014