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A bacterial isolate, designated strain SZ, is obtained from noncontaminated creek sediment microcosms based on its ability to derive energy from acetate oxidation coupled to tetrachloroethane (PCE)-to-cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) dechlorination. Substrate versatility, consumption of electron donors to low threshold concentrations, and simultaneous reduction of electron acceptors suggest that strain SZ-type organisms have desirable characteristics for bioremediation applications.
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A novel Dehalococcoides isolate that uses trichloroethene (TCE), cis-DCE, 1, 1-dichloroethene (1, 1-DCE), and vinyl chloride as metabolic acceptors and forms negligible amounts of toxic intermediates during TCE dechlorination. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain GT is affiliated with the Pinellas group of the Dehalococcoides cluster and shares 100 percent 16S rRNA gene sequence identity with two other dehalococcoides isolates, strain FL2 and strain CBCD1.
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Research has been conducted on tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating populations. The isolation of these population from river sediments and chloroethene-contaminating aquifer material has been carried out, and the suthors describe these isolated as new species Desulfuromonas michiganensis.
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