Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethenes to Ethene by a Novel Isolate, “
Candidatus
Dehalogenimonas etheniformans”
Chlorinated ethenes are risk drivers at many contaminated sites, and current bioremediation efforts focus on organohalide-respiring
Dehalococcoides mccartyi
strains to achieve detoxification. We isolated and characterized the first non-
Dehalococcoides
bacterium, “
Candidatus
Dehalogenimonas etheniformans” strain GP, capable of metabolic reductive dechlorination of TCE, all DCE isomers, and VC to environmentally benign ethene.