Method for decomposing toxic organic pollutants
US6087547A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB09C1/10
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
It has been discovered that an enzyme produced by Spartina alterniflora degrades halogenated organics. The present invention is therefore the use of the enzyme produced by genes of this plant to remediate soils contaminated with halogenated organics such as TCE, and to genetically alter other plants to produce this enzyme using the gene that produces plant dehaloperoxidase.
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