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that biodegradation of TCE was strongly tied to methane utilization. Whenever the methane
addition were withheld, TCE transformation stopped. Frascari et al. (2006) revealed that aero-
bic bacteria growing on methane and propane have the ability to oxidize 1,1,2,2-tetrachlo-
roethane (TeCA). Hesselsoe et al. (2005) showed the degradation of vinyl chloride by pure
culture of the methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. They also stated that tested
strain was able to oxidize benzene but the process was ceased after only 2 days. Degradation
of benzene by enriched methane-oxidizing consortium isolated from landfill cover soil was
observed by Lee et al. (2011a). They observed that methane oxidation rates decreased with ...