Microbial degradation of xenobiotic, aromatic pollutants in humic water
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 54 (7) , 1864-1867
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.54.7.1864-1867.1988
Abstract
The microbial degradation of a number of 14C-labeled, recalcitrant, aromatic pollutants, including trichloroguaiacol and di-, tri-, and pentachlorophenol, was investigated in aquatic model systems in the laboratory. Natural, mixed cultures of microorganisms in the water from a brown-water lake with a high content of humic compounds mineralized all of the tested substances to a higher degree than did microorganisms in the water from a clear-water lake. Dichlorophenol was the most rapidly degraded pollutant.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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