Reductive Dechlorination of Dichlorophenols by Nonadapted and Adapted MicrobialCommunities in Pond Sediments

摘要

Fresh and dichlorophenol (DCP)-adapted sediments from two ponds near Athens GAexhibited distinctly different dechlorinating activities. These differences centered on the relative rates of reductive dechlorination in both fresh and adapted sediments and on the substrate specificity of the adapted sediments.