Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Treatment by living organism
Patent
1999-03-24
2000-12-05
Upton, Christopher
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Treatment by living organism
210620, 210909, 4352625, C02F 334
Patent
active
061562033
ABSTRACT:
Butane-utilizing bacteria are used to degrade pollutants comprising polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). In-situ or ex-situ techniques may be used to reduce or eliminate PCB pollutants from liquid, gas and solid sources. In a preferred embodiment, PCB concentrations in various aqueous environments are reduced by contacting a contaminated water source with butane-utilizing bacteria in the presence of oxygen to degrade the PCB by cometabolism or direct metabolism. Suitable butane-utilizing bacteria include Pseudomonas, Variovorax, Nocardia, Chryseobacterium, Comamonas, Acidovorax, Rhodococcus, Aureobacterium, Micrococcus, Aeromonas, Stenotrophomonas, Sphingobacterium, Shewanella, Phyllobacterium, Clavibacter, Alcaligenes, Gordona, Corynebacterium and Cytophaga.
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Towner Alan G.
Upton Christopher
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