Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for the Quantification of Polaromonas sp. Strain JS666 in Soil (Abstract)

摘要

Under anoxic conditions, some organisms are capable of reductive dechlorination of PCE to ethene. However, at a number of sites reductive dechlorination is incomplete resulting in the accumulation of cis-dichloroethene (cDCE). A novel bacterium, Polaro-monas sp. strain JS666, recently isolated by Coleman et al., aerobically oxidizes cDCE using this common groundwater contaminant and suspected carcinogen as its sole carbon and energy source, eliminating the need for the addition of a co-substrate. Because of this, JS666 may be a promising bioaugmentation agent at contaminated sites in which cDCE has migrated into an aerobic zone.