Figure 3

Aerobic SMX biodegradation patterns of pure cultures in MSM media. A, B) measured with UV-AM, initial SMX concentration 10 mg L^-1. C, D) LC-UV analyses of SMX concentrations in the pure cultures in MSM at experimental startup, after 4 and 10 days to validate UV-AM. Asterisks indicate measured values below limit of detection. Shown are mean values of SMX absorbance in duplicate experiments. Standard deviations were too low to be shown (<1%).