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Selection of trichloroethene (TCE) degrading bacteria that resist inactivation by TCE
J Ewers1, D Freier-Schröder, H J Knackmuss
1Frauenhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen und Bioverfahrenstechnik, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany.
Archives of Microbiology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
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.