Aerobic Degradation of Tributyltin Chloride and Dip-Henyltin Chloride by Marine Bacteria from Onne Port Nigeria

Background: Marine bacteria have demonstrated its capability for degradation of organometals including tributyltin chloride and diphenyltin chloride previously. Tributyltin chloride has been used as antifouling paints for boats and it is toxic to aquatic life. Biodegradation of tributyltin chloride and diphenyltin chloride by marine bacteria was monitored for a period of 56 days. Sediment samples were divided into five treatments and impacted with 3.0 mM of tributyltin chloride and diphenyltin chloride respectively. Sediment samples were also amended with 20 kg of NPK (20:15:15) and the rate of degradation was determined using Xray fluorescence spectrophotometer. Isolates were screened by a medium containing 1.0 g of K2PO4, 1.0 g of KH2PO4, 1.0 g of (NH4)2SO4, 0.4 MgCl2, 0.125 g of yeast extract and 1.0 ml of glycerol per liter and 3.0 mM of tributyltin chloride(TBTCl) and diphenyltin chloride (DPTCl) respectively. Results: Molecular identification of the isolates using DNA sequencing performed by next generation sequence technique was implicated Pseudomonas fluorescens (JX), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (On7), Bacillus subtilis (Py79), Proteus mirabilis (TL3165), Serratia mercescens (PS-1-1), Providencia vermicola (CU12) and Lysinibacillus sphaericus (C5) in the degradation of tributyltin chloride (TBTCl) and diphenyltin chloride (DPTCl). Conclusion: The study has harnessed the capability of resident aerobic bacteria in marine environment to degrade tributyltin chloride and diphenyltin chloride. The treatments with NPK degraded more compared to the unamended treatments. There was no significant difference between the treatments and the days of degradation (p ≥ 0.05). Biostimulation or nutrient amendmen ttherefore should be recommended for the degradation of toxicants such as tributyltin chloride and diphenyltin chloride. *Corresponding author: Ebah EE, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Agriculture Makurdi, PMB 2373, Benue State, Nigeria, Tel: +23444533204; E-mail: ebahesther23@gmail.com Received June 28, 2018; Accepted July 26, 2018; Published July 31, 2018 Citation: Ebah EE, Ichor T (2018) Aerobic Degradation of Tributyltin Chloride and Dip-Henyltin Chloride by Marine Bacteria from Onne Port Nigeria. J Environ Anal Toxicol 8: 582. doi: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000582 Copyright: © 2018 Ebah EE, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation: Ebah EE, Ichor T (2018) Aerobic Degradation of Tributyltin Chloride and Dip-Henyltin Chloride by Marine Bacteria from Onne Port Nigeria. J Environ Anal Toxicol 8: 582. doi: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000582