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US 4,803,166 AGranted
Microorganism for degrading toxic waste materials
AssigneeOccidental Chemical Corporation
InventorsCharles F. Kulpa, Michael G. Johnston
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Abstract
A microorganism is disclosed for degrading toxic waste materials into more environmentally acceptable materials. Processes for utilizing the microorganism in a sequencing batch reactor, and for treating industrial and municipal wastes, such as chemical waste landfill leachate and chemical process wastewater, are also disclosed.
Claims1
A biologically pure culture of Pseudomonas putida strain UNK-1 having all the identifying characteristics of the strain deposited under the accession number IVI-10112 wherein said culture is capable of degrading haloaromatic compounds in a liquid medium.
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