Previously called as Enteric Group [1], Moellerella wisconsensis is a Gram Negative bacilli from Enterobacteriaceae family named for the first time in 1984 by Hickman Brenner et al isolated from patients with diarrhea is very rarely reported organism. Its isolation from various clinical specimens have been reported such as gall bladder tissue, blood culture and stool. Moellerella wisconsensis has very few or less case reports reported because it has been recovered from various non clinical sources like water, food and sometimes from the animal origin. We are reporting a case of isolation of Moellerella wisconsensis from stool sample for the first time in western region of India (Ahmedabad-Gujarat).

In India, the mainly used pesticide in agricultural crops is Monocrotophos, an organophosphorus pesticide. It is denoted as extremely toxic and their exposure to environment is considered to be lethal. In this study, degradation of Monocrotophos by Lysinibacillus sphaericus JX012235 a bacterium isolated from swine waste was studied. Growth studies of the bacteria in mineral salt broth supplemented with the pesticide at the concentration of 100-1000 ppm initially confirmed the degradation of the pesticide. The bacterium was found to survive when pesticide was given as a sole source of nutrition. The pesticide degradation was confirmed by LC-MS. The phosphatase activity of bacterium was found to be 69U/ml.