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Degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons by Clostridium sp. isolated from lindane-amended, flooded soil

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A Clostridium sp., isolated from flooded soil amended with lindane (γ-BHC), decomposed methoxychlor, γ-BHC and heptachlor in that order under anaerobic condition. During the bacterial degradation of ring-labelled C14-γ-BHC, there was a net loss of radioactivity from the reaction mixture. Release of C14O2 during the degradation of C14-γ-BHC was negligible. Methane was not detected as an end product of γ-BHC breakdown. re]19720406

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  1. Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-6, India

    N. Sethunathan

  2. International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

    T. Yoshida

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Sethunathan, N., Yoshida, T. Degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons by Clostridium sp. isolated from lindane-amended, flooded soil. Plant Soil 38, 663–666 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010705

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