Microorganisms

Initial MTBE Concentration

Incubation Time

MTBE Removal Percent

Reference

Achromobacter xylosoxidanns MCM1/1

100 ppm

5 d

78%

[1]

Bacillus

Rhodococcus

Micrococcus

Aureobacterium

Proteus

100 ppm

5d

22% - 37%

[22]

Microbial consortium from MTBE contaminated groundwater

950 ppm

3d

25%

[5]

Indigenous microorganisms

200 ppm

1d

23%

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