title: Dechlorination of 2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl by a phototrophic enrichment culture.
abstract: A phototrophic enrichment culture, using acetate as carbon source, reductively dechlorinated 2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl. ortho chlorines were removed preferentially over meta chlorines. Tri- and dichlorobiphenyls were the major products. During 14 months incubation, chlorine was removed from 58% of the target molecules; 19% of the total chlorines were removed. Dechlorination did not occur in a control culture incubated in the dark.
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2125.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002713:Chlorine; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010777:Photochemistry; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000378:metabolism*; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D002713:Chlorine; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; C078132:2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl