The bacterial degradation of fluoranthene and benzo[alpyrene.
A gas chromatographic method to determine fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene at concentrations close to the limit of their solubility in water was used to identify several species of pseudomonads able to degrade fluoranthene and benzol[a]pyrene.  Degradation occurs most rapidly in cultures in the stationary phase, is heat sensitive, requires oxygen, and is enhanced in the presence of cyanide.
D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003486:Cyanides / Q000494:pharmacology; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D012459:Salicylates / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013386:Succinates / Q000378:metabolism
D001580:Benzopyrenes; D003486:Cyanides; D005449:Fluorenes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D012459:Salicylates; D013386:Succinates