title: Aerobic mineralization of vinyl chloride by a bacterium of the order Actinomycetales.
abstract: A gram-positive branched bacterium isolated from a trichloroethylene-degrading consortium mineralized vinyl chloride in growing cultures and cell suspensions. Greater than 67% of the [1,2-14C]vinyl chloride was mineralized to carbon dioxide, with approximately 10% of the radioactivity appearing in cell biomass and another 10% appearing in 14C-aqueous-phase products.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37932-2567.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malachowsky
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schram
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000378:metabolism*; D000332:Aerobiosis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D014752:Vinyl Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D014752:Vinyl Chloride