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  <dc:contributor>D.J. Lonergan</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>C.W. Culbertson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Derek R. Lovley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>R.S. Oremland</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1996</dc:date>
  <dc:description>The ability of microorganisms to degrade trace levels of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFC-21 and HCFC-123 was investigated. Methanotroph- linked oxidation of HCFC-21 was observed in aerobic soils, and anaerobic degradation of HCFC-21 occurred in freshwater and salt marsh sediments. Microbial degradation of HCFC-123 was observed in anoxic freshwater and salt marsh sediments, and the recovery of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane indicated the involvement of reductive dechlorination. No degradation of HCFC-123 was observed in aerobic soils. In same experiments, HCFCs were degraded at low (parts per billion) concentrations, raising the possibility that bacteria in nature remove HCFCs from the atmosphere.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.1128/aem.62.5.1818-1821.1996</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society for Microbiology</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Microbial degradation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (CHCl2F and CHCl2CF3) in soils and sediments</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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