Patent ID: 6645756
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: C12N,C12P,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of remediating an environment of soil or water in situ containing diverse microbial populations and contaminated with carbon tetrachloride which comprises:(a) first adjusting the environment to a pH of 7.8 to 9.2; and (b) then introducing a culture of Pseudomonas strain sp. KC (PsKC) deposited as DSM 7136 and ATCC 55595 into the environment and under anaerobic conditions, in a number and at a temperature sufficient for the PsKC to convert the carbon tetrachloride directly to carbon dioxide and a nonvolatile water soluble fraction, wherein the PsKC converts the carbon tetrachloride at the pH without producing chloroform and wherein the PsKC has been grown in a culture medium to produce the culture and then introduced into the environment containing the diverse microbial populations.