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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Alfred M. Spormann, Stanford, CA (US);
Jochen A. Müller, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bettina M. Rosner, Berlin, DE (US);
Gregory Von Abendroth, Nannhein, DE (US);
Galit Meshulam-simon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Perry L Mccarty, Stanford, CA (US);
Alfred M. Spormann, Stanford, CA (US);
Jochen A. Müller, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bettina M. Rosner, Berlin, DE (US);
Gregory Von Abendroth, Nannhein, DE (US);
Galit Meshulam-Simon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Perry L McCarty, Stanford, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods are provided that relate to the bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes, particularly the bioremediation of vinyl chloride by-like organisms. An isolated strain of bacteria,sp. strain VS, that metabolizes vinyl chloride is provided; the genetic sequence of the enzyme responsible for vinyl chloride dehalogenation; methods of assessing the capability of endogenous organisms at an environmental site to metabolize vinyl chloride; and a method of using the strains of the invention for bioremediation.