EVIDENCE FOR THE AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF TETRACHLOROETHYLENE BY A BACTERIAL ISOLATE

Authors
DECKARD LA WILLIS JC RIVERS DB
Citation
La. Deckard et al., EVIDENCE FOR THE AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF TETRACHLOROETHYLENE BY A BACTERIAL ISOLATE, Biotechnology letters, 16(11), 1994, pp. 1221-1224
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
16
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1221 - 1224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1994)16:11<1221:EFTADO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A microorganism, which utilizes tetrachloroethylene (PCE) as a sole so urce of metabolic carbon under aerobic conditions, has been isolated. It has been identified as a Pseudomonas spp. Degradation of PCE by thi s bacterium was quantified by gas chromatography.