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. 2000 May;66(5):1917–1922. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.5.1917-1922.2000

TABLE 3.

Effects of pyrene metabolites on apparent rates of phenanthrene degradation

Strain Apparent phenanthrene degradation rate in the presence of the indicated metabolite (min−1)a
None PYRdHD PYRQ
P15 0.10 ± 0.032 0.005 ± 0.0005 0.10 ± 0.04
P16 0.14 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.03 0.13 ± 0.04
P21 0.23 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.03 0.16 ± 0.03
R1 0.14 ± 0.07 0.02 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.01
a

Best-fit first-order degradation coefficients and the associated 95% confidence interval.