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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a major source of environmental contamination. The origin of PAH contaminated soil includes abandoned manufactured gas sites, leaking underground storage tanks, wood treatment sites and current industrial processes [1–4]. Due to the carcinogenic and recalcitrant nature of many of these compounds, there is considerable concern over this widespread contamination [5].
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Haddox, D.C., Sauer, N.E., Cutright, T.J. (1997). Preliminary respirometer studies for the bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils. In: Wise, D.L. (eds) Global Environmental Biotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1711-3_31
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