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Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.02573-06
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Competitive fitness of isolates enriched on phenanthrene sorbed to model phases

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	Abstract

We evaluated the competitive fitness of three phenanthrene-mineralizing isolates that were provided non-sorbed or sorbed phenanthrene in competition experiments. One isolate had a clear advantage when provided Amberlite IRC-50-sorbed phenanthrene, yet none were favored when presented non-sorbed or XAD-7-sorbed phenanthrene. Our results indicate that contaminant availability alone does not determine the isolates' competitive fitness.