Prototyping Chain-Elongation-Mediated Dehalogenation for Groundwater Bioremediation
Chlorinated ethenes are widespread groundwater contaminants. Microbial reductive dehalogenation can detoxify chlorinated ethenes but requires sustained H2 delivery to organohalide-respiring bacteria. In enrichment cultures, microbial chain elongation was shown to reliably provide H2 for dehalogenation from the conver...