Aerobic mineralization of vinyl chloride by a bacterium of the order Actinomycetales |
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| Authors: | T J Phelps K Malachowsky R M Schram D C White |
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| Institution: | Institute for Applied Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37932-2567. |
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| Abstract: | A gram-positive branched bacterium isolated from a trichloroethylene-degrading consortium mineralized vinyl chloride in growing cultures and cell suspensions. Greater than 67% of the 1,2-14C]vinyl chloride was mineralized to carbon dioxide, with approximately 10% of the radioactivity appearing in cell biomass and another 10% appearing in 14C-aqueous-phase products. |
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