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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 1999, p. 4693-4696, Vol. 65, No. 10
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Aerobic Degradation of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane by Mycobacterium spp. Isolated from Soil

Osami Yagi,1,* Akiko Hashimoto,2 Kazuhiro Iwasaki,1 and Mutsuyasu Nakajima3

National Institute for Environmental Studies1 and CREST,2 Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, and Department of Bioresource Science, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510,3 Japan

Received 22 February 1999/Accepted 25 June 1999

Two strains of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA)-degrading bacteria, TA5 and TA27, were isolated from soil and identified as Mycobacterium spp. Strains TA5 and TA27 could degrade 25 and 75 mg · liter of TCA-1 cometabolically in the presence of ethane as a carbon source, respectively. The compound 2,2,2-trichloroethanol was produced as a metabolite of the degradation process.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan. Phone: 81-298-50-2542. Fax: 81-298-50-2571. E-mail: yagiosa{at}nies.go.jp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 1999, p. 4693-4696, Vol. 65, No. 10
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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