TY - JOUR
T1 - Fate of 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde (chloral hydrate) produced during trichloroethylene oxidation by methanotrophs
AU - Newman, L. M.
AU - Wackett, Lawrence P
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Four different methanotrophs expressing soluble methane monooxygenase produced 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde, or chloral hydrate, a controlled substance, during the oxidation of trichloroethylene. Chloral hydrate concentrations decreased in these cultures between 1 h and 24 h of incubation. Chloral hydrate was shown to be biologically transformed to trichloroethanol and trichloroacetic acid by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. At elevated pH and temperature, chloral hydrate readily decomposed and chloroform and formic acid were detected as products.
AB - Four different methanotrophs expressing soluble methane monooxygenase produced 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde, or chloral hydrate, a controlled substance, during the oxidation of trichloroethylene. Chloral hydrate concentrations decreased in these cultures between 1 h and 24 h of incubation. Chloral hydrate was shown to be biologically transformed to trichloroethanol and trichloroacetic acid by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. At elevated pH and temperature, chloral hydrate readily decomposed and chloroform and formic acid were detected as products.
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U2 - 10.1128/aem.57.8.2399-2402.1991
DO - 10.1128/aem.57.8.2399-2402.1991
M3 - Article
C2 - 1768109
AN - SCOPUS:0025823866
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 57
SP - 2399
EP - 2402
JO - Applied and environmental microbiology
JF - Applied and environmental microbiology
IS - 8
ER -