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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1963 May; 11(3): 235-238

Microbial Degradation of Asphalt1

U. A. Phillips2 and R. W. Traxler

Department of Bacteriology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana

ABSTRACT

Organisms of the genera Pseudomonas, Chromobacterium, and Bacillus capable of degrading asphalt were isolated by enrichment cultures. The asphalt degradation by these organisms varied from 3 to 25% after incubation for 1 week. The effects of temperature, pH, and atmosphere of incubation on asphalt degradation were investigated and were shown to vary with different organisms on the same substrate.

FOOTNOTES

2 Present address: Commercial Solvents Corporation, Terre Haute, Ind.

1 This work was presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 6-10 May 1962, Kansas City, Mo.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1963 May; 11(3): 235-238






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