ISOLATION OF A STRAIN THAT DECOMPOSES PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS AND A STUDY OF THE BIOKINETICS OF DECOMPOSITION OF DIMETHYL PHTHALATE AND DIBUTYL PHTHALATE
In this study, an isolated bacterial strain capable of using dimethyl phthalate (DMP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as the sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from the soil of Berezniki. Decomposition kinetics were performed at various initial concentrations. The results showed that the kinetics is described by the scheme of substrate inhibition by the mechanism of an inactive ternary complex.