Question

A period of adaptation is required before microbial degradation of xenobiotics.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in a job interview.

This question is from Remediation of Soil Polluted with Organic Pollutants topic in chapter Management and Remediation of Problem Soil of Environmental Biotechnology

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

For explanation I would say: Xenobiotics or the synthetic organic compounds like herbicides and pesticides can be degraded by micro organisms but a period of adaptation is required before microbial degradation.