Acetate versus hydrogen as direct electron donors to stimulate the microbial reductive dechlorination process at chloroethene-contaminated sites

J He, Y Sung, ME Dollhopf, BZ Fathepure… - … science & technology, 2002 - ACS Publications
A study to evaluate the dechlorination end points and the most promising electron donors to
stimulate the reductive dechlorination process at the chloroethene-contaminated Bachman …

Field demonstration of successful bioaugmentation to achieve dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene

DW Major, ML McMaster, EE Cox… - Environmental …, 2002 - ACS Publications
A laboratory microcosm study and a pilot scale field test were conducted to evaluate
biostimulation and bioaugmentation to dechlorinate tetrachloroethene (PCE) to ethene at …

The roles of methanogens and acetogens in dechlorination of trichloroethene using different electron donors

LL Wen, Y Zhang, YW Pan, WQ Wu, SH Meng… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
We evaluated the effects of methanogens and acetogens on the function and structure of
microbial communities doing reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE) by adding …

Microbial Community Changes Associated with a Shift from Reductive Dechlorination of PCE to Reductive Dechlorination of cis-DCE and VC

SJ Flynn, FE Löffler, JM Tiedje - Environmental science & …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Subcultures that reductively dechlorinate cis-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) or vinyl chloride (VC)
were derived from three independent enrichments that completely dechlorinated …

Assessment of indigenous reductive dechlorinating potential at a TCE-contaminated site using microcosms, polymerase chain reaction analysis, and site data

DE Fennell, AB Carroll, JM Gossett… - Environmental science & …, 2001 - ACS Publications
A combination of microcosm studies, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis, and site
data was used to assess the indigenous reductive dechlorinating potential in a …

Anaerobic Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene to Predominately trans-1,2-Dichloroethene

BM Griffin, JM Tiedje, FE Löffler - Environmental science & …, 2004 - ACS Publications
While most sites and all characterized PCE and TCE dechlorinating anaerobic bacteria
produce cis-DCE as the major DCE isomer, significant amounts of trans-DCE are found in …

Complete dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene in presence of methanogenesis and acetogenesis by an anaerobic sediment microcosm

F Aulenta, M Majone, P Verbo, V Tandoi - Biodegradation, 2002 - Springer
An anaerobic consortium taken from brackish sediments, enriched byPCE/CH 3 OH
sequential feeding, was capable of completely dechlorinating tetrachloroethene (PCE) to …

Organohalide respiration with chlorinated ethenes under low pH conditions

Y Yang, NL Cápiro, TF Marcet, J Yan… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Bioremediation at chlorinated solvent sites often leads to groundwater acidification due to
electron donor fermentation and enhanced dechlorination activity. The microbial reductive …

Characterization of an H2-utilizing enrichment culture that reductively dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to vinyl chloride and ethene in the absence of methanogenesis …

X Maymó-Gatell, V Tandoi, JM Gossett… - Applied and …, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have been studying an anaerobic enrichment culture which, by using methanol as an
electron donor, dechlorinates tetrachloroethene (PCE) to vinyl chloride and ethene. Our …

Molecular characterization of microbial populations at two sites with differing reductive dechlorination abilities

BG Rahm, S Chauhan, VF Holmes, TW Macbeth… - Biodegradation, 2006 - Springer
This study compares three molecular techniques, including terminal restriction fragment
length polymorphism (T-RFLP), RFLP analysis with clone sequencing, and quantitative PCR …