Are certain members of Dehalococcoides (DHC) more capable of degrading Vinyl Chloride?
- Date added:
- Thursday, 05 February 2009
Answer
Certain members of DHC (Dehalococcoides) are more efficient at converting vinyl chloride to ethene. MI can quantify the functional gene BAV1 R-Dase (bvcA) that is present in a strain of Dehalococcoides (Bav1) that is known to be very efficient at catalyzing the direct dechlorination of VC.
