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Title: Fraction of electrons consumed in electron acceptor reduction and hydrogen thresholds as indicators of halorespiratory physiology

Journal Article · · Applied and Environmental Microbiology
OSTI ID:20000240

Measurements of the hydrogen consumption threshold and the tracking of electrons transferred to the chlorinated electron acceptor (f{sub e}) reliably detected chlororespiratory physiology in both mixed cultures and pure cultures capable of using tetrachloroethene, cis-1,2-dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, 2-chlorophenol, 3-chlorobenzoate, 3-chloro-4-hydroxybenzoate, or 1,2-dichloropropane as an electron acceptor. Hydrogen was consumed to significantly lower threshold concentrations of less than 0.4 ppmv compared with the values obtained for the same cultures without a chlorinated compound as an electron acceptor. The f{sub e} values ranged from 0.63 to 0.7, values which are in good agreement with theoretical calculations based on the thermodynamics of reductive dechlorination as the terminal electron-accepting process. In contrast, a mixed methanogenic culture that cometabolized 3-chlorophenol exhibited a significantly lower f{sub e} value, 0.012.

Research Organization:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-96ER62319
OSTI ID:
20000240
Journal Information:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 65, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1999; ISSN 0099-2240
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English