Continuous steady-state method using Tenax for delivering tetrachloroethene to chloro-respiring bacteria

Rachel A. Brennan, Robert A. Sanford

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Abstract

Tenax-TA, a solid-phase sorbent, was used as an alternative to hexadecane for continuous delivery of tetrachloroethene (PCE) to Desulfuromonas strain BB1, a chloro-respiring microorganism. In both batch and bioreactor configurations, Tenax not only maintained low, steady-state concentrations of PCE in an active culture for several months but also adsorbed the product of dechlorination, cis-1,2-dichloroethene, before it approached toxic levels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1464-1467
Number of pages4
JournalApplied and environmental microbiology
Volume68
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Ecology

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