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Table 1 Initial and end concentrations of SMX accomplished with 12 biodegrading pure culture isolates that were gained out of 110 cultures

From: Characterization of pure cultures isolated from sulfamethoxazole-acclimated activated sludge with respect to taxonomic identification and sulfamethoxazole biodegradation potential

   Pure culture

SMX conc. after 10 days [mg L-1]

Brevundimonas sp. SMXB12

0.00

Microbacterium sp. SMXB24

0.00

Microbacterium sp. SMX348

0.00

Pseudomonas sp. SMX321

0.68

Pseudomonas sp. SMX330

0.68

Pseudomonas sp. SMX331

2.68

Pseudomonas sp. SMX 333*

1.09

Pseudomonas sp. SMX 336*

4.35

Pseudomonas sp. SMX 342*

1.09

Pseudomonas sp. SMX344*

0.23

Pseudomonas sp. SMX345

1.58

Variovorax sp. SMX332

3.53

  1. *duplicate organisms. All but SMX344 were discarded.
  2. Taxonomic identification succeeded with BLAST (http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi).