Patent ID: 9221699
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B09C,C02F,C12Y,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for accelerating biotic dehalogenation of groundwater and soils affected by chlorinated aromatic and aliphatic compounds, comprising the step of: inhibiting growth of methane-producing bacteria, by injecting one or more inhibitory factors into the groundwater or soil, the inhibitory factors including red yeast rice, to target one or more enzymes and coenzymes that are responsible for production of methane, the one or more enzymes and coenzymes including Coenzyme F420 (8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin); therefore reducing the methane-producing bacteria which compete with halo-respiring bacteria during an anaerobic reductive dechlorination process in soil and groundwater media.