Research Article

Isolation and Identification of Pyrene Mineralizing Mycobacterium spp. from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Sources

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Pyrene mineralisation (a) by Mycobacterium sp. strains 1B (white square), BS5 (black diamond), KA5, (black square), KF4 (black triangle), and mercuric chloride killed controls (black circle). The distribution of  14C in the organic phase (undegraded pyrene: black square), aqueous phase (water soluble metabolites: Gray square), gaseous phase (14CO2: white square), and cellular debris (dashed square) at the completion of mineralisation experiments is also shown (b).
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