The method for treating microcystin-containing water which detoxifies
microcystin in the microcystin-containing water, the method comprises the
step of: bringing the microcystin-containing water into contact with a
Sphingomonas bacterium to degrade biologically the microcystin in the
microcystin-containing water, wherein: the Sphingomonas bacterium is a
strain FERM P-19480 which is deposited as strain MDB1 with International
Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology.