Table 2. The Spectroscopic measurement of carbaryl degradation in minimal liquid media supplemented with carbaryl as sole source of carbon and nitrogen.

Day	Bacillus			Morganella			Corynebacterium
	OD* 600 nm	Abs360 nm	Remaining* (%)	OD* 600 nm	Abs60 nm	Remaining* (%)	OD* 600 nm	Abs360 nm	Remaining* (%)
0	0.232	0.056	100	0.39	0.024	100	0.43	0.198	100
1	0.318	0.052	92.9	0.70	0.023	96.6	0.60	0.178	90.0
2	0.412	0.048	85.7	0.81	0.023	96.6	0.75	0.15	75.8
3	0.510	0.044	78.6	0.96	0.023	97.1	0.92	0.148	74.8
4	0.623	0.039	69.6	1.13	0.018	76.0	1.11	0.127	64.2
5	0.724	0.034	60.7	1.34	0.017	71.8	1.09	0.114	57.6
6	0.846	0.029	51.8	1.39	0.017	71.8	1.27	0.097	49.1
7	1.125	0.017	30.4	1.51	0.013	55.7	1.33	0.078	39.5
8	1.179	0.009	16.1	1.44	0.013	55.4	1.61	0.033	16.7
9	1.260	0.005	8.9	1.56	0.012	51.7	1.49	0.027	13.7
10	1.246	0.003	5.4	1.59	0.012	51.2	1.55	0.025	12.7

^*Mean of three measurements.