[Microorganisms--degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls].
Four strains belonging to the genus Bacillus, capable of degrading polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), were isolated by screening the collection strains of soil bacteria, degrading a organochlorine pesticide, hexachlorocyclohexane (HCCH). A method for production of tritium-labeled PCB was developed. Consumption and degradation of PCB by the soil bacterial strains selected were studied using tritium-labeled PCB and GLC. It was demonstrated that PCB are degradable both in culture media and under in model soil samples.
Kim
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Institute of Nuclear Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 702132 Uzbekistan.
Pestsov
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GV
Iadgarov
Kh T
KhT
Dzhumaniiazova
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GI
Zinov'ev
P V
PV
Dzhuraeva
G T
GT
Abdukarimov
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AA
Gins
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VK
D001407:Bacillus / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism*
D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls