Degradation of environmental toxins by a filamentous bacterium

Details Degradation of environmental toxins by a filamentous bacterium Degradation of environmental toxins by a filamentous bacterium

1996-04-30

1999-02-23

Lilling, Herbert J.

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy...

Destruction of hazardous or toxic waste

435 42, 435170, 4352521, 4352625, 435264, B09B 300, C12P 104, C02F 334, C12N 120

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ABSTRACT:
This invention pertains to substantially purified cultures of a gram-negative, aerobic, filamentous bacterium with cells ranging in length from 20-200 .mu.m, that accumulates intracellular poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate in intracellular granules, and that degrades chlorinated aliphatic compounds such as trichloroethylene and dichloroethylene, as well as phenol and other substituted benzenes. The invention includes the representative strain A-1, which has been deposited at the American Type Culture Collection under the accession number 55581. Also included are methods for using the new bacterium for bioremediation of contaminated environmental sites.

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