Anaerobic dechlorination of tetrachloromethane and 1,2‐dichloroethane to degradable products by pure cultures of Desulfobacterium sp. and Methanobacterium sp

Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum grew autotrophically and Desulfobacterium autotrophicum grew heterotrophically in the presence of one of several highly chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in the low μM range. M. thermoautotrophicum transformed a portion of 1,2‐dichloroethane, and ethene was iden...

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Published in:FEMS microbiology letters 1987-09, Vol.43 (3), p.257-261
Main Authors: Egli, Christine, Scholtz, Rudolf, Cook, Alasdair M., Leisinger, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1,1,1‐Trichloroethane
1,2‐Dichloroethane
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Biotransformation
Desulfobacterium autotrophicum
Environment and pollution
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects
Metabolism. Enzymes
Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Tetrachloroethene
Tetrachloro‐methane
Trichloromethane
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Summary:Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum grew autotrophically and Desulfobacterium autotrophicum grew heterotrophically in the presence of one of several highly chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in the low μM range. M. thermoautotrophicum transformed a portion of 1,2‐dichloroethane, and ethene was identified as the product. D. autotrophicum also displayed substrate specificity; it reduced tetrachloromethane quantitatively to trichloromethane and dichloromethane, and converted 1,1,1‐trichloroethane to 1,1‐dichloroethane.
ISSN:0378-1097
1574-6968
DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02154.x