Degradation of p-xylene by a denitrifying enrichment culture.
Microbial cultures enriched from a diesel fuel-contaminated aquifer were able to grow on p-xylene under denitrifying conditions. The oxidation of p-xylene to CO2 was coupled to the reduction of NO3-. The enrichment cultures also grew on toluene and m-xylene, but they did not degrade benzene, ethylbenzene, and o-xylene.
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D005742:Gasoline / Q000032:analysis; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism; D014992:Xylenes / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D005742:Gasoline; D009566:Nitrates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014992:Xylenes; C031286:4-xylene