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Oxidation of aromatic compounds in soil

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The oxidation ofp-hydroxybenzoic acid, quinic acid, vanillin and coumarin in soil was studied. With vanillin, and particularly with coumarin, the lag phase for oxygen consumption was longer and the rate of oxygen consumption attained more than one peak. In soil preincubated with the relevant substrate, the second dose of the same substrate was oxidized more rapidly. If the soil was preincubated with glucose, the lag phase was also shortened and oxygen consumption was raised with all aromatic substrates.

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Kunc, F., Macura, J. Oxidation of aromatic compounds in soil. Folia Microbiol 11, 248–256 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02878893

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