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Title: Clay enhancement of methane, low molecular weight hydrocarbon and halocarbon conversion by methanotrophic bacteria

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OSTI ID:1176667
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An apparatus and method for increasing the rate of oxidation of toxic vapors by methanotrophic bacteria. The toxic vapors of interest are methane and trichloroethylene. The apparatus includes a gas phase bioreactor within a closed loop pumping system or a single pass system. The methanotrophic bacteria include Methylomonas methanica, Methylosinus trichosporium, and uncharacterized environmental enrichments.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
H001430
Application Number:
07/738001
OSTI ID:
1176667
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1991 Jul 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Biodegradation kinetics of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons with methane oxidizing bacteria in an aerobic fixed biofilm reactor journal July 1991
Enhancement of Bacterial Methane Oxidation by Clay Minerals journal June 1972
The eutrophication implications of interactions between naturally occurring particulates and methane oxidizing bacteria journal July 1972

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