Aerobic Biodegradation Of Vinyl Chloride

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Aerobic biodegradation of vinyl chloride.

Biotransformation of vinyl chloride under methanogenic conditions has been reported although degradation was shown to be relatively slow and incomplete 1 4. Orc treatment of vinyl chloride results from controlled laboratory studies and field applications support the ability of orc to effectively enhance the biodegradation of vinyl chloride. More specifically it refers to occurring or. Anaerobic oxidation of vinyl chloride under humic acids reducing conditions.

A highly enriched aerobic culture that degrades vc as a growth substrate was obtained from a chloroethene contaminated aquifer material. Without a demonstrable mechanism for in situ biodegradation of chloroethenes to non toxic. Aerobic biodegradation is the breakdown of organic contaminants by microorganisms when oxygen is present. Populations and enhance the rate of aerobic dechlorination of vinyl chloride.

Role of acetogens in anaerobic oxidation of vinyl chloride. Microbial oxidation of vinyl chloride under iron reducing conditions. Lower chlorinated compounds such as cis dichloroethene cis dce and vinyl chloride vc often accumulate in chloroethene contaminated aquifers due to incomplete reductive dechlorination of higher chlorinated compounds. Petroleum hydrocarbons less chlorinated solvents like vinyl chloride soil organic matter and reduced inorganic compounds are all compounds that can act as electron donors.

6 isolated amycobacterium strain which used vinyl chloride as the sole carbon and energy. Less information is available on the aerobic biodegradation of vinyl chloride. Maximum concentrations of 1 2 dca 2 g l and vc 0 75 g l in groundwater were within 25 and 70 of pure compound solubility respectively. Aerobic biodegradation of vc was regulated by the temperature of the vadose zone.

Aerobic biodegradation of vinyl chloride by a highly enriched mixed culture. Co 2 concentrations and temperature were used to identify factors controlling vc biodegradation. Vinyl chloride vc aerobic biodegradation in the vadose zone was demonstrated. Data from both the on site and off site locations were consistent in showing substantially.

Accumulation with anaerobic conditions disqualified aerobic microbial metabolism as a significant mechanism for bioremediation of these compounds under in situ conditions. The investigation provided multiple lines of evidence that demonstrated aerobic biodegradation of vinyl chloride vc was occurring in the vadose zone i above the on site source zone and ii above the downgradient off site groundwater plume location. Lower chlorinated compounds such as cis dichloroethene cis dce and vinyl chloride.