Research Article
Isolation and Identification of Pyrene Mineralizing Mycobacterium spp. from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Sources
Table 5
PAH removal by Mycobacterium sp. isolates.
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aPAHs were supplied in BSM containing 0.05 g L−1 yeast extract. bPercentage PAH decrease was calculated by comparing PAH concentrations in Mycobacterium sp. inoculated cultures to the corresponding abiotic control. cPAH removal was less than 5% compared to the abiotic control and not significant, NS (). All other % removal values significantly greater than abiotic control (). dGreater than 95% of added PAHs were recovered from abiotic controls at the end of the incubation period. |