Jun Wu et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 97(6), 2483-2491 (2012-06-26)
A dibutyl phthalate (DBP) transforming bacterium, strain M673, was isolated and identified as Acinetobacter sp. This strain could not grow on dialkyl phthalates, including dimethyl, diethyl, dipropyl, dibutyl, dipentyl, dihexyl, di(2-ethylhexyl), di-n-octyl, and dinonyl phthalate, but suspensions of cells could