Isolation of bacterial strains that produce the endocrine disruptor, octylphenol diethoxylates, in paddy fields

…, Y Ichiki, H Tamura, S Morita, K Watanabe…

Index: Nishio, Eriko; Ichiki, Yayoi; Tamura, Hiroto; Morita, Shiro; Watanabe, Katuji; Yoshikawa, Hiromichi Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 2002 , vol. 66, # 9 p. 1792 - 1798

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Abstract

Topsoil samples were collected from 36 different paddy fields in West Japan. Each soil sample was incubated with a basal salt-medium containing 0.2% OPPEO. Twelve samples possessed OPPEO-degrading activity, from which twelve cultures of OPPEO-degrading bacteria were isolated. The isolated bacteria grew on a medium containing 0.2% OPPEO as the sole carbon source, and OP2EO and OP3EO were accumulated in the medium under ...