Activated sludge biodegradation of 12 commercial phthalate esters.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 49 ·No. 2 ·1985-02-00 ·Pages 443-5

O'grady DP, Howard PH, Werner AF

Abstract

The activated sludge biodegradability of 12 commercial phthalate esters was evaluated in two test systems: (i) a semicontinuous activated sludge test and (ii) an acclimated 19-day die-away procedure. Both procedures demonstrated that phthalate esters are rapidly biodegraded under activated sludge conditions when loss of the parent phthalate ester (primary degradation) is measured.

Authors & Affiliations

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O'grady D P

Life and Environmental Sciences Division, Syracuse Research Corporation, Syracuse New York 13210, and Monsanto Polymer Products Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63167.

Howard P H

Werner A F

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.49.2.443-445.1985

Published

1985-02-00

Pages

443-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC238423

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.2.443-445.1985 PMC Full Text View journal details

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