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Aerobic degradation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane by Mycobacterium spp. isolated from soil
O Yagi1, A Hashimoto, K Iwasaki
1National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan. yagiosa@nies.go.jp
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|October 3, 1999
Abstract:
Two strains of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA)-degrading bacteria, TA5 and TA27, were isolated from soil and identified as Mycobacterium spp. Strains TA5 and TA27 could degrade 25 and 75 mg. liter of TCA(-1) cometabolically in the presence of ethane as a carbon source, respectively. The compound 2,2,2-trichloroethanol was produced as a metabolite of the degradation process.