15.09.2020 - 11:42 [ Nature.com ]

Detection of phosphine: new aspects of the phosphorus cycle in the hydrosphere

(26.05.1988)

According to our measurements and calculations, about 5g of phosphorus per day was released as phosphine from an Imhoff tank settling 2,000 m3 per day of raw sewage. Under laboratory conditions, it was also demonstrated that phosphine is released by bacterial reduction from a medium containing inorganic phosphorus.