title: Isolation and characterization of a tetrachloroethylene dechlorinating bacterium, Clostridium bifermentans DPH-1.
abstract: A tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-degrading gram-positive, endospore forming, anaerobic bacterium, strain DPH-1, was isolated from a contaminated site. The organism was identified as Clostridium bifermentans by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and based on its physiological characteristics. Strain DPH-1 could dechlorinate high concentrations of PCE (0.9 mM), via trichloroethylene (TCE) to cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cDCE) at a rate of 0.43 micromol/h.mg protein, as well as a number of other halogenated aliphatic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioprocessing, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamizawa