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Steady-state cultures of aquatic microorganisms have been shown to respond to the presence of hydrocarbons in a variety of ways. Dichlorobiphenyl in μg/1 concentrations stopped phosphate transport in the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum, while several mg/1 of toluene and more than one g/1 of methanol were required to achieve the same effect. Other organisms (e.g., Pseudomonas putida F1) have been shown to tolerate and/or metabolize toluene when it is present as the sole carbon source in mg/1 concentrations.
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Lindstrom, J., Vernon, C., Brown, E. (1988). Enhanced Biological Removal of Toluene from Aqueous Systems. In: Omenn, G.S. (eds) Environmental Biotechnology. Basic Life Sciences, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0824-7_50
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