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Can all Dehalococcoides organisms degrade vinyl chloride efficiently?

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Can all Dehalococcoides organisms degrade vinyl chloride efficiently?

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A. No. Some strains of Dehalococcoides are more efficient at conversion of VC to ethene than others. At some sites, Dehalococcoides may be detected, but dechlorination of VC to ethene could be insufficient because of the particular strain that is present. For this reason, SiREM offers the Gene-Trac-VC test for the gene that degrades vinyl chloride (vinyl chloride reductase).