Table 2.

Kinetic parameters of toluene removal by free bacteria and LBMs.

Free bacteria				LBMs
Sample	k/d−1	t1/2/d	R 2	Sample	k/d−1	t1/2/d	R 2
400 mg/L	0.4260	1.6271	0.8065	400 mg/L	0.4757	1.4571	0.7826
500 mg/L	0.1846	3.7549	0.9245	500 mg/L	0.3590	1.9308	0.9176
10°C	0.1060	6.5391	0.9605	10°C	0.5624	1.2325	0.9111
40°C	0.1295	5.3525	0.9648	40°C	0.7696	0.9007	0.8826
pH = 3	0.0606	11.4381	0.9241	pH = 3	0.5247	1.3210	0.8242
pH = 10	0.0616	11.2524	0.8581	pH = 10	0.5260	1.3178	0.8202
2%	0.1726	4.0159	0.8736	2%	0.3874	1.7892	0.9211
5%	0.0499	13.8907	0.9211	5%	0.2546	2.7225	0.8912