(EP873397-A1)      Aerobic gram positive bacterium (A) forming coccoid rods and capable of degrading trichloroethylene (I) has the following properties: (1) positive to catalase test and the rod-coccus cycle, and (2) negative for spore formation, motility, oxidase test, acid resistance, aerial mycelium formation, glycocyl test (acetyl type) and mycolic acid. (A) has a meso-diaminopimelic acid peptide-glycan type cell wall and comprises the major isoprenoid quinone MK-9 with a trace of MK-9(H2), and has 73 mole% GC content in its DNA (by high performance liquid chromatography).    Also claimed are:    (1) decomposing organic halogen and/or aromatic compounds in soil, waste water or other waste materials by treating with a sterilised culture of bacteria able to decompose these compounds, and    (2) any bacterium (B) able to decompose these compounds obtained from (A) by mutation and selection.    USE -   (A) and (B) are used to degrade hologenated and/or aromatic compounds in soil.    ADVANTAGE -   (A) decompose (I) more efficiently than known microorganisms, consuming 30 ppm (I) completely in 24 hours. Sterilised formulations can be used without the need to add cofactors to maintain enzymatic activity (reducing costs and environmental effects).    (JP11514532-W)      Aerobic gram positive bacterium (A) forming coccoid rods and capable of degrading trichloroethylene (I) has the following properties: (1) positive to catalase test and the rod-coccus cycle, and (2) negative for spore formation, motility, oxidase test, acid resistance, aerial mycelium formation, glycocyl test (acetyl type) and mycolic acid. (A) has a meso-diaminopimelic acid peptide-glycan type cell wall and comprises the major isoprenoid quinone MK-9 with a trace of MK-9(H2), and has 73 mole% GC content in its DNA (by high performance liquid chromatography).    Also claimed are:    (1) decomposing organic halogen and/or aromatic compounds in soil, waste water or other waste materials by treating with a sterilised culture of bacteria able to decompose these compounds, and    (2) any bacterium (B) able to decompose these compounds obtained from (A) by mutation and selection.    USE -   (A) and (B) are used to degrade hologenated and/or aromatic compounds in soil.    ADVANTAGE -   (A) decompose (I) more efficiently than known microorganisms, consuming 30 ppm (I) completely in 24 hours. Sterilised formulations can be used without the need to add cofactors to maintain enzymatic activity (reducing costs and environmental effects).    (US6171844-B1)      Aerobic gram positive bacterium (A) forming coccoid rods and capable of degrading trichloroethylene (I) has the following properties: (1) positive to catalase test and the rod-coccus cycle, and (2) negative for spore formation, motility, oxidase test, acid resistance, aerial mycelium formation, glycocyl test (acetyl type) and mycolic acid. (A) has a meso-diaminopimelic acid peptide-glycan type cell wall and comprises the major isoprenoid quinone MK-9 with a trace of MK-9(H2), and has 73 mole% GC content in its DNA (by high performance liquid chromatography).    Also claimed are:    (1) decomposing organic halogen and/or aromatic compounds in soil, waste water or other waste materials by treating with a sterilised culture of bacteria able to decompose these compounds, and    (2) any bacterium (B) able to decompose these compounds obtained from (A) by mutation and selection.    USE -   (A) and (B) are used to degrade hologenated and/or aromatic compounds in soil.    ADVANTAGE -   (A) decompose (I) more efficiently than known microorganisms, consuming 30 ppm (I) completely in 24 hours. Sterilised formulations can be used without the need to add cofactors to maintain enzymatic activity (reducing costs and environmental effects).