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Surfactant biodegradation research is surveyed briefly from its beginnings in the early 1950s when incidents of environmental foaming began to draw attention. Topics include development of test methods, correlations between surfactant structure and biodegradability, biodegradation metabolic pathways, development of commercially feasible biodegradable surfactants and the current environmental situation.
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Swisher, R.D. (1982). Surfactants and the Environment: Biodegradation Aspects. In: Mittal, K.L., Fendler, E.J. (eds) Solution Behavior of Surfactants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3491-0_7
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