The anaerobic bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes is the only known organism that can completely dechlorinate tetrachloroethene or trichloroethene (TCE) to ethene via dehalorespiration.
Revised: April 6, 2001 |
Published: December 1, 2000
Citation
Magnuson J.K., M.F. Romine, D.R. Burris, and M.T. Kingsley. 2000.Trichloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase from Dehalococcoides ethenogenes: Sequence of tceA and Substrate Range Characterization.Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66.PNNL-SA-33788.