Degradation of halogenated aliphatic compounds by the ammonia- oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 56 (4) , 1169-1171
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.56.4.1169-1171.1990
Abstract
Suspensions of Nitrosomonas europaea catalyzed the ammonia-stimulated aerobic transformation of the halogenated aliphatic compounds dichloromethane, dibromomethane, trichloromethane (chloroform), bromoethane, 1,2-dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide), 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, monochloroethylene (vinyl chloride), gem-dichloroethylene, cis- and trans-dichloroethylene, cis-dibromoethylene, trichloroethylene, and 1,2,3-trichloropropane, Tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride), tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene), and trans-dibromoethylene were not degraded.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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