Table 4.

First-order anaerobic benzene degradation rates under denitrifying conditions

Enrichment culture source	Benzene degradation rate constant [day−1]	References
Benzene-degrading continuous biofilm culture in reactor from a benzene polluted industrial location in the northern parts of the Netherlands	3.04	This study
Benzene-degrading continuous biofilm culture from a benzene polluted industrial location in the northern parts of the Netherlands	0.7 ± 0.12	(van der Zaan et al. 2012)
Batch enrichment culture from an oil refinery in Oklahoma	0.29a	(Ulrich et al. 2005)
Benzene-degrading enrichment culture in microcosms from an oil refinery in Oklahoma	0.21a	(Ulrich and Edwards 2003)
Batch enrichment culture from a coal-tar contaminated site in Glens Falls	0.15a	(Liou et al. 2008)
Pure culture of Bacillus cereus from a gasoline contaminated soil	0.08a	(Dou et al. 2010)
Enrichment from gasoline contaminated groundwater in microcosms	0.05a	(Kasai et al. 2006)

^aCalculated based on the benzene degradation in the discussed studies