Table 1.

Recovery of spiked ³H [BaP] from cell lysis methods. Appropriate dilutions of ³H [BaP] was added to the cultures and incubated for 6 h. After incubation, cells were lysed as mentioned in “Materials and Methods” section. Radioactivity in samples before and after cell lysis were measured using a liquid scintillation counter.

Method	Recovery (%)
Homogenization	85
Sonication	83
Bead-beating	94
Molecular grinding	87