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Characterization of a Microbial Consortium Capable of Rapid and Simultaneous Dechlorination of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane and Chlorinated Ethane and Ethene Intermediates 

Authors: Elizabeth J. P. Jones a;  Mary A. Voytek a;  Michelle M. Lorah b; Julie D. Kirshtein a
Affiliations:   a U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA
b U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
DOI: 10.1080/10889860601021399
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Published in: journal Bioremediation Journal, Volume 10, Issue 4 December 2006 , pages 153 - 168
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Abstract

Mixed cultures capable of dechlorinating chlorinated ethanes and ethenes were enriched from contaminated wetland sediment at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Maryland. The “West Branch Consortium” (WBC-2) was capable of degrading 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (TeCA), trichloroethene (TCE), cis and trans 1,2-dichloroethene (DCE), 1,1,2-trichloroethane (TCA), 1,2-dichloroethane, and vinyl chloride to nonchlorinated end products ethene and ethane. WBC-2 dechlorinated TeCA, TCA, and cisDCE rapidly and simultaneously. A Clostridium sp. phylogenetically closely related to an uncultured member of a TCE-degrading consortium was numerically dominant in the WBC-2 clone library after 11 months of enrichment in culture. Clostridiales, including Acetobacteria, comprised 65% of the bacterial clones in WBC-2, with Bacteroides (14%), and epsilon Proteobacteria (14%) also numerically important. Methanogens identified in the consortium were members of the class Methanomicrobia, which includes acetoclastic methanogens. Dehalococcoides did not become dominant in the culture, although it was present at about 1% in the microbial population. The WBC-2 consortium provides opportunities for the in situ bioremediation of sites contaminated with mixtures of chlorinated ethenes and ethanes.
Keywords: anaerobic dechlorination; bioaugmentation of chlorinated ethanes; bioremediation; microbial consortium; mixed chlorinated ethenes and ethanes; 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
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