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EC number: 202-851-5 | CAS number: 100-42-5
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Styrene can be readily degraded in water under aerobic conditions. A complete review on basics of microbial styrene degradation under aerobic and anaerobic conditions comprising identified pathways and usage of styrene-degradative consortia and styrene-catabolic enzymes is given by Dirk Tischler and Stefan Kaschabek
(S.N. Singh (ed.) 2012, Microbial Degradation of Xenobiotics, Environmental Science and Engineering, Chapter 3, p. 67 -99).
Rate of microbial mineralisation is rapid also in mineral soils and organic soils under aerobic conditions. Almost complete removal of styrene is achieved in industrial wastewater treatment plants as well as in municipal wastewater treatment plants after adaptation. Styrene degrades more slowly in groundwater than in surface waters. Fu and Alexander (1992) report that anaerobic environment cultures of bacteria have been shown to convert styrene to a series of aromatic, alicyclic and aliphatic products and these probably persist.
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