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. 1999 Jul;65(7):3264.

Microbial Desulfurization of a Crude Oil Middle-Distillate Fraction: Analysis of the Extent of Sulfur Removal and the Effect of Removal on Remaining Sulfur

M J Grossman 1, M K Lee 1, R C Prince 1, K K Garrett 1, G N George 1, I J Pickering 1
PMCID: PMC91489

Volume 65, no. 1, p. 181–188, 1999. Page 183: Table 1 should read as shown below.

TABLE 1.

Sulfur removal from OB oil by ECRD-1

Culture % Sulfur (± SD)
% Sulfur removed
Sterile control Biodesulfurized culture
Undiluted OB oil 2.17 (0.01) 1.99 (0.0002) 8.1
OB oil diluted 10-fold in decane (20 ppm sulfur) 2.05 (0.005) 1.44 (0.004) 29.8
OB oil diluted 20-fold in decane (10 ppm sulfur) 2.05 (0.005) 1.45 (0.008) 29.3

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