Selection of trichloroethene (TCE) degrading bacteria that resist inactivation by TCE

✍ Scribed by Jens Ewers; Doris Freier-Schröder; Hans-Joachim Knackmuss

• Book ID: 104699198
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 349 KB
• Volume: 154
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0302-8933
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00276540

✦ Synopsis

Two isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) utilizing bacteria, Alcaligenes denitrificans ssp. xylosoxidans JE 75 and Rhodococcus erythropolis JE 77, were identified as highly efficient cooxidizers of TCE, cis- and trans-dichloroethene, 1,1-dichloroethene and vinyl-chloride. Isoprene grown cells eliminate chloride from TCE in stoichiometric amounts and tolerate high concentrations of TCE.