Abstract: To explore the microbial resources on control trichlorphon pollution, a potential trichlorphon-tolerant bacterium XR12 was isolated and screened from the aquaculture sediment according to the physiological-biochemical characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, and its antibiotic resistance and its safety and detoxification effect were evaluated. The results indicated that strain XR12 exhibited the maximum tolerance concentration of 7680 mg/L trichlorphon. The strain XR12 was identified as Rhodobacter sphaeroides through phenotypic characterization and phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences. Its 16S rRNA sequence had homology of 98%—100% with strains of R. sphaeroides from GenBank, and showed the closest relation to R. sphaeroides strain RSF1 (GenBank accession number: KF606891). In addition, XR12 exhibited high sensitivity to kanamycin, roxithromycin, pipram, amoxicillin, florfenicol, polymyxin B, neomycin, gentamycin, ofloxacin, enrofloxacin, norfloxacin, streptomycin, tetracycline, netilmicin, intermediate sensitivity to doxycycline and resistance to bacitracin, nalidixic acid and sulfamethoxazole. XR12 had a LC₅₀ of >10⁹ cfu/mL for zebra fish, and could significantly enhance the LC₅₀ of trichlorfon to zebrafish from 26.06 to 59.51 mg/L, indicating a good detoxification effect on trichlorfon. This study indicated that XR12 had the potential for trichlorfon detoxification in aquaculture water.