Charles W. Condee

TL;DR: Several propane-oxidizing bacteria were tested for their ability to degrade gasoline oxygenates, including methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), ethyl tert- butyl Ether (ETBE), and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), and both a laboratory strain and natural isolates were able to degrade each compound after growth on propane.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that separate, independently regulated genes encode MTBE and TBA metabolism in ENV735 and was not greatly affected by formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, allyl thiourea, or acetylene.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of bench-scale batch experiments focused on assessing the impacts of chloride electrolyte and of hydroxyl radical scavenger tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) on both the rates of PFOA and PFOS removal, and the corresponding rates of defluorination.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the inability of strain ENV478 and possibly other THF-degrading bacteria to grow on 1, 4-dioxane is related to their inability to efficiently metabolize the 1,4-doxane degradation product 2HEAA but that strain ENv478 may nonetheless be useful as a biocatalyst for remediating 1,3-dioxidant-contaminated aquifers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a specialized microorganism, Burkholderia cepacia ENV435, to degrade chlorinated ethenes in the absence of inducing cosubstrates.