Current Status on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Microbial Degradation of Nicotine

Table 2

The nicotine degradation efficiency of different nicotine-degrading bacteria on tobacco leaves and tobacco wastes.

Bacterium	Source	Duration; (time/temperature)	Nicotine; (mg/g)	Nicotine degradation; (%)	Reference
Micrococcus nicotianae	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	0.83	[40]
Debaryomyces nicotianae	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	0.45	[40]
Cellulomonas sp.	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	15.00	[41]
A. oxidans 𝛼-2	Tobacco waste	212 h	700	NM	[7]
A. oxidans pAO1	Tobacco waste	125 h	3400	NM	[7]
P. putida	Tobacco waste	40 h	3300	NM	[7]
P. putida J5	Tobacco leaves	7 d	2.8	11.72	[30]
Pseudomonas sp. Nic 22	Tobacco leaves	30°C	NM	33.10	[29]
Ensifer sp. N7	Tobacco leaves	NM	4.1	16.00	[42]
Arthrobacter sp.	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	28.00 to 39.00	[33]
Pseudoxanthomonas sp. 5–52	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	47.20	[38]
Sinorhizobium sp. 5–28	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	72.50	[38]
Ochrobactrum sp. 4–40	Tobacco leaves	NM	NM	51.50	[38]
P. stutzeri ZCJ	Tobacco leaves	7 d/37°C	NM	32.24	[39]
P. plecoglossicida	Tobacco leaves	10 h	13	88.00	[2]
P. plecoglossicida	Tobacco wastes	10 h	5	96.10	[2]

NM: not mentioned.