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Trichloroethylene metabolism by microorganisms that degrade aromatic compounds. [Pseudomonas putida]

Journal Article · · Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6975343
Trichloroethylene (TCE) was metabolized by the natural microflora of three different environmental water samples when stimulated by the addition of either toluene or phenol. Two different strains of Pseudomonas putida that degrade toluene by a pathway containing a toluene dioxygenase also metabolized TCE. A mutant of one of these strains lacking an active toluene dioxygenase could not degrade TCE, but spontaneous revertants for toluene degradation also regained TCE-degradative ability. The results implicate toluene dioxygenase in TCE metabolism.
Research Organization:
Technology Applications, Inc., Gulf Breeze, FL (USA)
OSTI ID:
6975343
Journal Information:
Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States) Vol. 54:2; ISSN AEMID
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English