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1333626 
Journal Article 
[Biodegradation test of chemicals by cultivation methods] 
Kondo, M; Nishihara, T; Shimamoto, T; Koshikawa, T; Itio, T; Sawamura, R; Tanaka, K 
1988 
1 
Eisei Kagaku / Journal of Hygienic Chemistry
ISSN: 0013-273X 
34 
2 
188-195 
Japanese 
Biodegradability of organic compounds in river and sea water was tested according to the simple and rapid method, the cultivation method, which was reported in our previous report. Out of 170 chemicals tested, 103 compounds were judged to be hard-, 43 to be moderate-, and 24 to be easy-of-degradability. In comparison with the MITI method, our method was applicable to wider range of compounds with less expensive equipments and gave more strict marks in 3 d, indicating that our method is a useful screening test method for biodegradability of chemicals in environmental water. 
Ecology; Ecology; Biochemical Methods-General; Biochemical Studies-General; Metabolism-General Metabolism; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Microbiological Apparatus; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Food and Industrial Microbiology-Biodegradation and Biodeterioration