B. Fathepure, J. Tiedje
Apr 1, 1994
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Environmental science & technology
Abstract
This study evaluates the potential and technical feasibility of treating chloroaliphatics, common groundwater contaminants, using a specialized microbial consortium under fixed-film conditions. The reactor was developed using 3-chlorobenzoate (3-CB) as a substrate under anaerobic conditions and the enrichment that harbored an unusual dechlorinator, Desulfomonile tiedjei DCB-1. The dechlorination rate of both PCE and 3-CB increased with increasing flow rates up to 50 mL -1 . The maximum observed dechlorination rates of PCE and 3-CB fed at 6.0 and 1000 μM were 2.0 and 414 μmol L -1 , respectively