title: Aerobic biodegradation of trichloroethylene using a consortium of five bacterial strains.
abstract: Degradation with an aerobic consortium was used to evaluate the bioremediation trichloroethylene (TCE) as a model substrate. After one week, 228-1186 mg TCE l(-1) was degraded at rates of 20-50 microg TCE l(-1) h(-1). The introduction of 10 mg toluene l(-1) enhanced the degradation rates for TCE when greater than 600 mg l(-1). Using isolated enzymes, a TCE degradation intermediate(s) appears inhibitory to the oxygenase enzymes thereby diminishing the overall degradation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3905, USA.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.forename: Teresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cutright
authors.forename: Belal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: El-Zahab
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D018920:Coculture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D009161:Mycobacterium; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens; D016958:Pseudomonas putida; D013045:Species Specificity; D014050:Toluene / Q000494:pharmacology; D014241:Trichloroethylene / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014241:Trichloroethylene; D014050:Toluene