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Mycobacterium L1 can grow on vinyl chloride as sole carbon and energy source. Application of this bacterium to remove vinyl chloride from waste gases is proposed. From air containing 1% vinyl chloride 93% of the vinyl chloride was removed by passing the air through a fermentor containing a growing population ofMycobacterium L1.
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Hartmans, S., de Bont, J.A.M., Tramper, J. et al. Bacterial degradation of vinyl chloride. Biotechnol Lett 7, 383–388 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01166208
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