TOLUENE AND XYLENE DEGRADATION BY A DENITRIFYING STRAIN OF XANTHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA WITH LIMITED OR NO OXYGEN

Authors
SU JJ KAFKEWITZ D
Citation
Jj. Su et D. Kafkewitz, TOLUENE AND XYLENE DEGRADATION BY A DENITRIFYING STRAIN OF XANTHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA WITH LIMITED OR NO OXYGEN, Chemosphere, 32(9), 1996, pp. 1843-1850
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
32
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1843 - 1850
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1996)32:9<1843:TAXDBA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A strain of Xanthomonas (Pseudomonas) maltophilia utilized toluene and xylene at the same rate in a well-mixed system containing excess nitr ate and either 2% oxygen or no oxygen. Toluene utilization was much mo re rapid when 20% oxygen was provided. The data presented, as well as data in the literature, suggest that for the degradation of these arom atic hydrocarbons, limited amounts of oxygen provide no advantage over anoxic denitrification. (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd