Biological remediation of creosote- and similarly-contaminated sites

US5132224A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · US

Inventors

• James Mueller · Pensacola, US
• Peter Chapman · Lemvig, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 1989
• Grant date: Jul 21, 1992
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/874
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention concerns a biological process for remediating creosote-contaminated sites or environment sites containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons generally found in creosote-contaminated sites. The biological process comprises novel bacteria which can degrade recalcitant chemical compounds.