Several microorganisms which degrade phenol and trichloroethylene (TCE) were isolated from the activated sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. Among them, one isolate EL-04J showed the highest degradability and was identified as a Pseudomonas species according to morphological, cultural and biochemical properties. The phenol-induced cells of Pseudomonas EL-04J, which were preincubated in the mineral salts medium containing phenol as a sole carbon source, degraded 90% of 25μM TCE within 20 h. This strain could also utilize some of methylated phenol derivatives (o-cresol, m-cresol and p-cresol) as the sole source of carbon and energy. Cresol-induced cells of Pseudomonas EL-04J also cometabolized TCE.

• 김호성(부산대학교 미생물학과) | Ho Sung Kim
• 박근태(부산대학교 미생물학과) | Geun Tae Park
• 손홍주(부산대학교 미생물학과) | Hong Joo Son
• 박성훈(밀양대학교 생물공학과) | Sung Hoon Park
• 이상준(부산대학교 화학공학과) | Sang Joon Lee