Scheme 2.
Anaerobic biodegradation pathways of benzo[a]pyrene using three bacteria sprains. ST28: Pseudomonas sp. JP1, ST30: Microbacterium sp. M.CSW3, ST31: Cellulosimicrobium cellulans CWS2. Strains in brackets indicate that this step was predicted, thus was hypothetical. Otherwise, all compounds were identified in the afore-mentioned studies.