[1] Muller, J. G., Chapman, P. J., Blattmann, B. O., Pritchard, P. H. Isolation and charaterization of a fluoranthene-utilizing strain of Pseudomonas pauc-imobilis, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 56, 1079 (1990).
[2] Pothuluri, J.V., Cerniglia, C.E., Microbial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, In: Chaundry GR (ed.), Biological degradation and bioremediation of toxic chemicals, Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oreg., pp. 92-124 (1994).
[3] Jones, K. C., Stratford, J. A., Waterhouse, K. S., Furlong, E. T., Giger, W., Hites, R. A., Schaffner, C., Johnston, A. E., Increases in the polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contenet of an agricultural soil over the last century. Environ. Sci. Technol., 23, 95 (1989).
[4] Jones, K.C., Stratford, J.A., Tidridge, P., Waterhouse, K. S., Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in an agricultural soil: long-term changes in profile distribution. Environ. Pollut., 56, 337 (1989).
[5] Keith, L. H., Telliard, W. A., Priority pollutants I-a perspectives view, Environ. Sci. Technology, 13, 416 (1979).
[6] Wilson, S.C., Jones, K.C., Bioremediation of soil contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydro- carbons (PAHs): a review., Environ. Pollut., 81, 229 (1993).
[7] Atlas, R. M., Cerniglia, C. E., Bioremediation of petroleum pollutants, Bioscience, 45, 332 (1995).
[8] Cerniglia, C. E., Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Biodegradation, 3, 351 (1992).
[9] Yaghmaei, S., Safekordi, A., Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by some bacteria isolated from coal tar contaminated soil, Scientia Iranica, 8, 197 (2001).
[10] Churchill, S. A., Harper, J. P., Churchill, P. F., Isolation and characterization of a Mycobacterium species capable of degrading three-and four-ring aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 65, 549 (1999).
[11] Bastiaens, L., Springael, D., Wattiau, P., Harms, H., Dewachter, R., Verachtert, H., Dielsi, L., Isolation of adherent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)- degrading bacteria using PAH-sorbing carriers, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 66, 1834 (2000).
[12] Kiyohara, H., Nagao, K., Yana, K., Rapid screen for bacteria degrading waterinsoluble, solid hydrocarbons on agar plates, Appl. Env. Microbiol., 43, 454 (1982).
[13] Boldrin, B., Thiem, A., Fritzsche, C., Degradation of phenanthrene, fluorene, fluoranthene, and pyrene by Mycobacterium sp., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 59, 1927 (1993).
[14] Bouchez, M., Blanchet, D., Vandecasteele, J. P., Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by pure strains and by defined strain associations: inhibition phenomena and cometabolism, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 43, 156 (1995).
[15] Dean-Ross, D., Cerniglia, C. E., Degradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium flavescens, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 46, 307 (1996).
[16] Jimenez, I. Y., Bartha, R, Solvent-augmented mineralization of pyrene by a Mycobacterium sp., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 62, 2311 (1996).
[17] Weissenfels, W. D., Beyer, M., Klein, J., Rehm, H. J., Microbial metabolism of fluoranthene: isolation and identification of ring fission products, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 34, 528 (1991).
[18] Tiehm, A., Fritzsche, C., Utilization of solubilized and crystalline mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Mycobacterium sp., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 42, 964 (1995).
[19] Grosser, R.J., Warshawsky, D., Vestal, J. R., Indigenous and enhanced mineralization of pyrene, benzo[a]pyrene, and carbozole in soils, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 57, 3462 (1991).