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- Author
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Shir Ly Huang, Dyi-Hwa Tseng, and Gia Luen Guo
- Subjects
Chromatography ,biology ,Trichloroethylene ,Bioengineering ,Cometabolism ,General Medicine ,Biodegradation ,biology.organism_classification ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Toluene ,Pseudomonas putida ,Microbiology ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Pseudomonadales ,Bioreactor ,Degradation (geology) ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Co-metabolic degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by Pseudomonas putida F1 was investigated in a novel bioreactor with a fibrous bed. A pseudo-first-order rate constant for TCE degradation was 1.4 h−1 for 2.4 to 100 mg TCE l−1. Competitive inhibition of toluene on TCE removal could be prevented in this bioreactor. 90% TCE was removed over 4 h when 95 mg toluene l−1 was presented simultaneously.
- Published
- 2001