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14566429

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
The suspected carcinogenic solvent 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) is the most abundant chlorinated C(2) groundwater pollutant on earth. However, an efficient reductive in situ detoxification technology for this compound is not known. Detoxification results of 1,2-DCA with the recently isolated anaerobic bacterium Desulfitobacterium dichloroeliminans strain DCA1 are presented. First, it was verified that strain DCA1 could compete for nutrients in the presence of fast-growing Enterococcus faecalis; the latter was observed in the enrichment culture from which strain DCA1 was isolated. Subsequently, lab-scale bioaugmentation of the strain to groundwater containing 40 mg 1,2-DCA/l indicated that the bacterium has strong metabolic activity under prevailing environmental conditions, converting the pollutant into ethene. During exponential growth, the maximum 1,2-DCA dechlorination rate exceeded 350 nmol chloride released per min per mg total bacterial protein. Growth and dechlorination within the community with autochthonous bacteria indicated a high competitive strength of strain DCA1. Interestingly this dechlorination process does not produce any toxic byproducts, such as vinyl chloride. Furthermore, complete groundwater detoxification happens within a short time-frame (days) and is robust in terms of bacterial competition, oxygen tolerance, high ionic strength, and pH range.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0175-7598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete lab-scale detoxification of groundwater containing 1,2-dichloroethane.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't