Selective enrichment yields robust ethene-producing dechlorinating cultures from microcosms stalled at cis-dichloroethene.

Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains are of particular importance for bioremediation due to their unique capability of transforming perchloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) to non-toxic ethene, through the intermediates cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC). Despite the widespread...

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Main Authors: Anca G Delgado, Dae-Wook Kang, Katherine G Nelson, Devyn Fajardo-Williams, Joseph F Miceli, Hansa Y Done, Sudeep C Popat, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4065118?pdf=render