Aerobic bacterial remediation of aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination
US5024949A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/874
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A bacterium of the genus Pseudomonas which utilizes a branched chain alkyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbon as its sole carbon and energy source and which is capable of substantially complete degradation of trichlorethylene (TCE) at a rate of up to about 32 nmol hr.sup.-1 mg cells.sup.-1 based upon the dry weight of the cells, and methods utilizing the bacterium for the detoxification of TCE-contaminated material.
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