title: Effect of phenol molecular structure on bacterial transformation rate constants in pond and river samples.
abstract: Microbial transformation rate constants for a series of phenols were correlated with a property of the substituents, van der Waal's radius. Transformation products were the corresponding catechols, with the exception of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, the product of p-acetylphenol. A different product suggested a different pathway; p-acetylphenol, therefore, was deleted from the data base.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia 30613.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Steen
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Baughman