Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: Soils had an ability to decompose BHC when they were kept in flooded condition, and the ability was remarkably enhanced with peptone. Every tested soil was affected by the addition of peptone, and it was suggested to be due to the increase of BHC decomposers in the soil. The BHC decomposer predominating in the soil-peptone culture preferred an anaerobic condition and was heat-resistant, being able to decompose α- as well as γ-BHC. Several anaerobic bacteria were isolated from the soil-peptone culture as BHC decomposers, and these decom-posers were tentatively identified as species of Clostridium from several characteristic features.
Authors: Naganori Ohisa, Masuro Yamaguchi
Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2067928512