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Biodegradation of trichloroethylene by Mycobacterium vaccae
L A Vanderberg1, B L Burback, J J Perry
1Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7615, USA.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Nonproliferating cells of Mycobacterium vaccae that were grown on propane could mineralize limited amounts of trichloroethylene. Intermediates in the biodegradation of trichloroethylene were 2,2,2-trichloroethanol and 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde. Trichloroethanol was completely degraded when added to a nonproliferating cell suspension of Mycobacterium vaccae. Addition of toluene to the reaction mixtures effected a 50% increase in the mineralization of [14C]trichloroethylene.