Table 2.

Influence of initial concentration of 2-HQ on degradation by Ochrobactrum sp. HQ1 under sub-merged culture conditions

Incubation period in h	Residual concentration of 2-HQ in MSM
	50 ppm	100 ppm	200 ppm	500 ppm
0	50	100	200	500
24	6.11	8.25	19.71	25.61
48	5.49	5.04	18.21	25.56
72	5.01	3.59	17.91	25.00
96	4.37	3.02	11.78	24.66
120	0.66	1.89	7.54	9.00

Values presented in the table are means of triplicates