caa a22 4500 465823726 CHVBK 20180323112143.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00170576 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00170576 Trimethyl lead degradation by free and immobilized cells of an Arthrobacter sp. and by the wood decay fungus Phaeolus schweinitzii [Elektronische Daten] [Lynne Macaskie, Alastair Dean] Summary: The continuing production of leaded petrol generates liquid wastes containing recalcitrant trialkyl lead, for which no suitable chemical treatment has been formulated. This investigation explores the feasibility of using microorganisms to catalyse the rate-limiting step of trimethyl lead degradation to dialkyl lead; this disproportionates chemically to give, ultimately, Pb2+ which is treatable by classical methods. An Arthrobacter sp. and a wood decay macrofungus, Phaeolus schweinitzii provide novel evidence for metabolic trimethyl lead (Me3Pb+) degradation. The retention of this activity in immobilized cell column reactors challenged with Me3Pb+-supplemented flows suggests that a future biotreatment process may be possible. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Macaskie Lynne Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK aut Dean Alastair Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QZ, Oxford, UK aut Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Springer-Verlag 33/1(1990-04-01), 81-87 0175-7598 33:1<81 1990 33 253 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00170576 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00170576 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Macaskie Lynne Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dean Alastair Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QZ, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Springer-Verlag 33/1(1990-04-01), 81-87 0175-7598 33:1<81 1990 33 253 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer