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Biotransformation of Trichloroethylene Using Butane-Oxidizing Bacteria
Mixed butane-utilizing cultures were obtained through sequential batch enrichment under 6% (vol/vol) butane in air using one sediment and four different soil samples with varying histories of contamination as inocula. Subsamples of each environmental sample were subjected to one of three pretreatments prior to inoculation: saturation with 30% ethanol, a 15-min exposure to 60°C, or no treatment. Thirteen of the 14 mixed cultures that were obtained appeared to cometabolize trichloroethylene (TCE) while growing at the expense of butane. All 13 caused a loss of at least one-third of TCE from initial aqueous levels between 4 and 25 µg/ml during 6 days of growth on butane provided at initial aqueous concentrations between 90 and 160 µg/ml. Two cultures cometabolized essentially all the available TCE during this test. One culture, which was obtained from an ethanol-pretreated inoculum, vigorously consumed butane while leaving TCE levels essentially unchanged. However, two other mixed cultures originally derived from the same environmental sample as the ineffective culture were moderately active in TCE cometabolism. Thus, TCE-cometabolizing butane oxidizers appeared to be present in all five of the environmental samples used in these studies.
Biotransformation of Trichloroethylene Using Butane-Oxidizing Bacteria
Mixed butane-utilizing cultures were obtained through sequential batch enrichment under 6% (vol/vol) butane in air using one sediment and four different soil samples with varying histories of contamination as inocula. Subsamples of each environmental sample were subjected to one of three pretreatments prior to inoculation: saturation with 30% ethanol, a 15-min exposure to 60°C, or no treatment. Thirteen of the 14 mixed cultures that were obtained appeared to cometabolize trichloroethylene (TCE) while growing at the expense of butane. All 13 caused a loss of at least one-third of TCE from initial aqueous levels between 4 and 25 µg/ml during 6 days of growth on butane provided at initial aqueous concentrations between 90 and 160 µg/ml. Two cultures cometabolized essentially all the available TCE during this test. One culture, which was obtained from an ethanol-pretreated inoculum, vigorously consumed butane while leaving TCE levels essentially unchanged. However, two other mixed cultures originally derived from the same environmental sample as the ineffective culture were moderately active in TCE cometabolism. Thus, TCE-cometabolizing butane oxidizers appeared to be present in all five of the environmental samples used in these studies.
Biotransformation of Trichloroethylene Using Butane-Oxidizing Bacteria
Perriello, Felix A. (author) / Simkins, Stephen (author)
Journal of Soil Contamination ; 8 ; 117-129
1999-01-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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