abstract |
A NOVEL MICROORGANISM WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: MORPHOLOGY (COCCOID, ROD SHAPED); GRAM STAINING (+), SPORE FORMING (-), MOTILITY (-), RELATIONSHIP TO OXYGEN (AEROBIC), OXIDASE TEST (-), CATALASE TEST (+), RESISTANCE TO ACID (-), ROD-COCCUS CYCLE (+), AND GC CONTENT OF DNA (MOLE%) (73 (BY HPLC)), AND WHICH CAN DECOMPOSE CHLOROETHYLENE. THE MICROORGANISM CAN DECOMPOSE IN 24 HOURS 30 PPM OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE, AND DECOMPOSE OF 100 PPM OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE BY 50%.FIG. 3. |