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A consortium of anaerobic microorganisms was grown on acetate, ethanol, glucose or methanol and dechlorinated 50 umol 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, through 2,4-dichlorophenol, to 4-chlorophenol. The highest rate of dechlorination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol was observed when ethanol was used as a growth substrate.
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Pak, D. Enhanced dechlorination of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by anaerobic microbial populations in the presence of ethanol. Biotechnol Lett 18, 981–984 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154634