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. 2000 May;66(5):1814–1817. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.5.1814-1817.2000

TABLE 2.

Microcosm enrichment

Microcosm enrichment Concn (no. of copies g of soil−1) of:
phnAc nahAc
Preincubationa  NDb ND
Control incubation 2.0 × 108 ND
Naphthalene 1.8 × 109 ND
Phenanthrene 5.5 × 108 ND
Fluoranthene 4.9 × 108 ND
a

Soil sample obtained before microcosms were established. 

b

ND, not detected (<2 × 106 copies per g [dry weight] of soil).