Degradation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in aerobic and anaerobic soil.
Aerobic and anaerobic degradation of 14C-labeled pentachlorophenol (PCP) was examined in nitrogen aerated, moist Hagerstown silty clay loam with or without cellulose amendments. In anaerobic soil, PCP reduced soil respiration in the presence of cellulose; volatilization losses accounted for only 0.5% of the PCP added to soil; no 14CO2 was detected; and organic solvent extractable radioactivity was the same from all treatments. Gas and thin-layer chromatographic analysis of the soil extracts showed the presence of pentachloroanisole in both aerobic and anaerobic soils. 2,3,5,6- and 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorophenols and 2,3,6-trichlorophenol were also detected as degradation products by gas chromatography after methylation. Further degradation of pentachloroanisole was examined in both aerobic and anaerobic soils.
D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000840:Anisoles / Q000032:analysis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000032:analysis*; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors; D014835:Volatilization
D000840:Anisoles; D002733:Chlorophenols; D012987:Soil; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010416:Pentachlorophenol