Kai G, Weber A S, Ying W C
Department of Civil Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260.
J Ind Microbiol. 1991 Sep;8(2):99-106. doi: 10.1007/BF01578760.
In this study, a continuous-flow UV-induced mutation (CUM) device and the CUM device coupled to a selector (CUMS) reactor were fabricated and tested for their ability to enhance the probability of obtaining populations capable of chlorinated organic biodegradation. A mixed culture of bacteria were used as the starting strain for both the CUM and CUMS processes. Populations were obtained from the CUM and CUMS systems capable of 4-chlorobenzoic acid, 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid and chlorendic acid biodegradation. Non-UV irradiated population served as controls for the experiments and did not demonstrate chlorinated organic biodegradation over the test duration.
