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Biological degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid: chloride mass balance in stirred tank reactors
M P Kelly1, K B Hallberg, O H Tuovinen
1Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1292.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
A mass balance was developed for the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by a mixed culture. Batch culture experiments showed the degradation to be an acid-producing step. Inorganic chloride concentration consistently correlated with the expected value and with base consumption to maintain a constant pH.