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  • Title: [Degradation of a commercial surface-active agent, in the presence of a complementary source of carbon, by a selected bacterial colony in a marine environment].
    Author: Sigoillot JC, Nguyen MH.
    Journal: Can J Microbiol; 1987 Oct; 33(10):929-32. PubMed ID: 3690420.
    Abstract:
    Bacterial communities that can degrade surfactants have been selected from coastal seawaters contaminated by urban sewages. Only the linear fraction of commercial anionic surfactants was quickly degraded, and a residual fraction representing 10% of the initial concentration always remained. The highest concentrations of surfactant tolerated by these communities depend on the nature of the co-substrate and on the degree of adaptation of the selected bacteria.
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