Dechlorination of chloroethenes is inhibited by 2-bromoethanesulfonate in the absence of methanogens.
2-Bromoethanesulfonate (BES) inhibited the reductive dechlorination of chloroethenes in several sediment-free enrichment cultures in the absence of methanogenic archaea. Archaeon-specific PCR primers confirmed the absence of methanogens in the enrichment cultures. BES should not be used to attribute dechlorination activities to methanogens.
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Ritalahti
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