Time (day) Treatments Uncured (mg/L) Cured (mg/L) Control (mg/L) 0 61.83 61.83 61.83 14 6.21 8.32 60.69 28 5.06 6.54 59.06 42 4.24 5 .13 58.28 56 1.87 2.90 57.65 Percentage degradation (%) 96.98 95.31 6.76

Table 2: Summary of PAH content of the treatments during the biodegradation experiment.