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. 1975 Jul;21(7):1004-8.
doi: 10.1139/m75-148.

The bacterial degradation of fluoranthene and benzo[alpyrene

E A Barnsley

The bacterial degradation of fluoranthene and benzo[alpyrene

E A Barnsley. Can J Microbiol. 1975 Jul.

Abstract

A gas chromatographic method to determine fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene at concentrations close to the limit of their solubility in water was used to identify several species of pseudomonads able to degrade fluoranthene and benzol[a]pyrene. Degradation occurs most rapidly in cultures in the stationary phase, is heat sensitive, requires oxygen, and is enhanced in the presence of cyanide.

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