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. 1977 Aug;34(2):244–246. doi: 10.1128/aem.34.2.244-246.1977

Rate of microbial transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a chromatographic quantification procedure.

S E Herbes, L R Schwall, G A Williams
PMCID: PMC242632  PMID: 907346

Abstract

A chromatographic procedure has been developed for isolating and quantifying microbial transformation products of 14C-labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Transformation rates of naphthalene, anthracene, benz(a)anthracene, and benz(a)pyrene by a mixed bacterial population have been measured. With this procedure, extremely slow or incomplete transformations may be quantified that would not be detectable by previously used techniques.

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