What does the concentration of Dehalococcoides mean?
- Date added:
- Thursday, 05 February 2009
Answer
The abundance of Dehalococcoides spp. within a given sample is often used as an indicator of the potential for reductive dechlorination to occur. The following are benchmarks that can be used to understand whether the biomass levels are low, moderate or high as compared with other sites.
Low: <10e2 cells/mL
Moderate: 10e3 to 10e4 cells/mL
High: >10e5 cells/mL
