DEHALOCOCCOIDES ISOLATE FOR BIOREMEDIATION

摘要

A bacterium, designated BAV 1 belonging to the Pinellas group within the Dehalococcoides cluster has been discovered. BAV 1 is able to completely metabolize chloroethenes to non-toxic products. The isolate is able to grow with dichloroethenes and vinyl chloride (VC) as electron acceptors, reductively dechlorinating dichloroethenes and VC to ethene and inorganic chloride under anaerobic conditions. The BAV1 isolate is useful for bioremediation approaches for cleaning contaminated subsurface environments and restoring drinking water reservoirs.