Octylphenol polyethoxylate (OPnEO) is a potential endocrine-disrupting chemical. Biodegradation of OPnEO was investigated using the bacterium Aeromonas sp. TXBc10 isolated from the influent of tannery waste treatment plant in Hunan Province, China. The bacterium was capable of utilizing OPnEO as the sole source of carbon and energy while OPnEO was degraded under aerobic batch culture conditions. Microbial degradation of OPnEO was studied in batch experiments for optimization of environmental factors. The effect of initial OPnEO concentrations on the degradation was investigated between 100 and...
