A bacterial strain, HS-D36, capable of degrading methylparathion was isolated from active sludge of a wastewater treatment pond of a pesticide factory in Hubei province. The strain HS-D36 could use methylparathion (MP) and p-nitrophenol (PNP) as the sole carbon source for growth. Analysis of its physiological and biochemical properties along with a homologous comparison of its 16S rRNA gene sequence suggests that the HS-D36 strain belongs to Pseudomonas stiitzeri. Degradation of 50 mg·L -1 MP and PNP reached 90% completion at 3 h and was fully...