Biodegradation of Indeno (1,2,3-cd) Pyrene by a Pure Bacterial Culture of Pandoraea sp.

Three new isolated bacterial cultures of Pandoraea sp., Stenotrophomonas sp., and T Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana that could efficiently degraded Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene (Inp) were reported in this paper. The biodegradation performance of Inp by Pandoraea sp was studied under different pH conditions. Under the conditions of pH=8, the removal efficiency of Inp fluctuated sharply among 8% and 40%. The optimal condition for InP removal was pH=7, and removal efficiency was nearly 60% after the incubation of 25days.