Aerobic degradation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane by Mycobacterium spp. isolated from soil.

ABSTRACT: Two strains of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA)-degrading bacteria, TA5 and TA27, were isolated from soil and identified as Mycobacterium spp. Strains TA5 and TA27 could degrade 25 and 75 mg. liter of TCA(-1) cometabolically in the presence of ethane as a carbon source, respectively. The compound 2,2,2-trichloroethanol was produced as a metabolite of the degradation process.

SUBMITTER: Yagi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC91628 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature