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SUBMITTER: Colores GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1932717 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colores Gregory M GM Ward David M DM Inskeep William P WP
Applied and environmental microbiology 20070427 12
We evaluated the competitive fitness of three phenanthrene-mineralizing isolates that were provided with nonsorbed or sorbed phenanthrene in competition experiments. One isolate had a clear advantage when presented with Amberlite IRC-50-sorbed phenanthrene, yet none were favored when presented with nonsorbed or Amberlite XAD-7-sorbed phenanthrene. Our results indicate that contaminant availability alone does not determine the isolates' competitive fitness. ...[more]