title: Isolation and application of a styrene-degrading strain of Pseudomonas putida to biofiltration.
abstract: A bacterial strain ST201 capable of degrading styrene was isolated from soil and identified as Pseudomonas putida. This strain had high tolerance to styrene and could degrade it completely in 48 h at concentrations up to 600 mg/l. P. putida ST201 was also demonstrated to degrade a mixture of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and p-xylene. A packed tower biofilter inoculated with P. putida ST201 was constructed which removed styrene vapor with a styrene elimination capacity of 90 g/m3.h.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori 680-8552, Japan. okamoto@bio.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanase