Examining aerobic degradation of chloroethenes mixture in consortium composed of Comamonas testosteroni RF2 and Mycobacterium aurum L1

An environmental isolate Comamonas testosteroni RF2 has been previously described to cometabolize trichloroethene (TCE), 1,2-cis-dichloroethene (cDCE), 1,2-trans-dichloroethene (tDCE), and 1,1-dichloroethene (1,1DCE) when grown on phenol lactate sodium. In this study, three vinyl chloride (VC) degrading strains, Mycobacterium aurum L1, Pseudomonas putida PS, Rhodococcus ruber Sm-1 were used form consortia with the strain in terms achieve removal of VC along above-mentioned chloroethenes. Degradation assays performed for a binary mixture cDCE as well TCE, all DCEs VC. The consortium composed C. M. L1 showed be most efficient towards (6.01 mg L?1) (10 was capable efficiently removing chloroethenes sample at initial concentrations 116 ?g L?1 662 cDCE, 42 tDCE, 16 1,1DCE, 7 efficiency nearly 100% compounds. Although complete took significantly longer time than other chloroethenes, displayed strong bioremediation potential aquifers downstream contamination characterized by presence less chlorinated ethenes.