Biological destruction of CCI4. I. Experimental design and data

A denitrifying consortium capable of transforming carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was cultured from aquifer sediment from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. To understand the kinetics of the biological destruction of CCl4 by these microbes, a set of exper...

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Published in:Biotechnology and bioengineering 1994-03, Vol.43 (6)
Main Authors: Petersen, J.N, Skeen, R.S, Amos, K.M, Hooker, B.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACIDE ACETIQUE
ACIDO ACETICO
ANION
ANIONES
AZOTE
BIODEGRADACION
BIODEGRADATION
CAPA FREATICA
DENITRIFICACION
DENITRIFICATION
DISPONIBILIDAD DE NUTRIENTES
DISPONIBILITE D'ELEMENT NUTRITIF
MICROORGANISME
MICROORGANISMOS
NAPPE SOUTERRAINE
NITRATE
NITRATOS
NITROGENO
SEDIMENT
SEDIMENTO
TETRACHLORURE DE CARBONE
TETRACLORURO DE CARBONO
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Summary:A denitrifying consortium capable of transforming carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was cultured from aquifer sediment from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. To understand the kinetics of the biological destruction of CCl4 by these microbes, a set of experiments, the conditions of which were chosen according to a fractional factorial experimental design, were completed. This article reports on the experimental design along with the results for CCl4, biomass, acetate, nitrate, and nitrite concentrations. These data indicate that growth is inhibited by high nitrite concentrations, whereas CCl4 degradation is slowed by the presence of nitrate and/or nitrite
ISSN:0006-3592
1097-0290