Vanderberg L A, Burback B L, Perry J J
Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7615, USA.
Can J Microbiol. 1995 Mar;41(3):298-301. doi: 10.1139/m95-041.
Nonproliferating cells of Mycobacterium vaccae that were grown on propane could mineralize limited amounts of trichloroethylene. Intermediates in the biodegradation of trichloroethylene were 2,2,2-trichloroethanol and 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde. Trichloroethanol was completely degraded when added to a nonproliferating cell suspension of Mycobacterium vaccae. Addition of toluene to the reaction mixtures effected a 50% increase in the mineralization of [14C]trichloroethylene.