Dechlorination of chloroethenes is inhibited by 2-bromoethanesulfonate in the absence of methanogens.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 63 ·No. 12 ·1997-12-00 ·Pages 4982-5

Loffler FE, Ritalahti KM, Tiedje JM

Abstract

2-Bromoethanesulfonate (BES) inhibited the reductive dechlorination of chloroethenes in several sediment-free enrichment cultures in the absence of methanogenic archaea. Archaeon-specific PCR primers confirmed the absence of methanogens in the enrichment cultures. BES should not be used to attribute dechlorination activities to methanogens.

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Loffler F E

Ritalahti K M

Tiedje J M

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.63.12.4982-4985.1997

Published

1997-12-00

Pages

4982-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC1389315

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