Rapid screening for bacterial phenotypes capable of biodegrading anionic surfactants: development and validation of a microtitre plate method.

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The Biolog microtitre plate assay, which is based on tetrazolium dye reduction as an indicator of sole-carbon-source utilization, has been evaluated as a rapid method to investigate the biodegradation of five classes of anionic surfactant by pure and mixed cultures of bacteria. The assay gave reproducible results over a fourfold range of inoculum optical density, and the surfactant concentration was selected to...

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