title: [Biodegradation of di-n-butyl phthalate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa].
abstract: A new small capacity-wide extraction method was proposed for detection of its biodegradation in water. Results showed that the halflife (t1/2) of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) biodegradation was 3.60 day when the concentration of DBP was 400 mg/L and the biomass concentration was 2 g/L. The biodegradation process conformed to the first-order kinetic model. Moreover, the whole degradation process could be divided into several steps: adsorption, desorption and degradation. Two metabolites of DBP degradation were identified as mono-butyl phthalate and phthalic acid by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, which confirmed the dioxygenate process during the hydrolysis of DBP.
authors.affiliation: College of Environment Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. wuweizhong@pku.edu.cn
authors.forename: Wei-Zhong
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Chen-Qi
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jian-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D052244:Endocrine Disruptors / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D052244:Endocrine Disruptors; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate