In 2023, Brazil achieved positive environmental strides in the Amazon, with a 22% reduction in deforestation rates and a 16% decline in total fire counts compared with 2022, attributed to renewed environmental policy implementation. However, despite progress, deforestation remains above the target, and forest wildfires in old‐growth Amazonian forests surged by 152% in 2023 versus 2022, threatening biodiversity and carbon stock...

Summary Variovorax sp. WDL1 mediates hydrolysis of the herbicide linuron into 3,4‐dichloroaniline (DCA) and N,O ‐dimethylhydroxylamine in a tripartite bacterial consortium with Comamonas testosteroni WDL7 and Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans WDL6. Although strain WDL1 contains the dcaQTA1A2B operon for DCA oxidation, this conversion is mainly performed by WDL7. Phenotypic diversification observed in WDL1 cultures and scrutiny of t...