Chemical aspects of human and environmental overload with fluorine

J Han, L Kiss, H Mei, AM Remete… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the last 100–120 years, due to the ever-increasing importance of fluorine-containing
compounds in modern technology and daily life, the explosive development of the …

The biodegradation vs. biotransformation of fluorosubstituted aromatics

M Kiel, KH Engesser - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2015 - Springer
Fluoroaromatics are widely and—in recent years—increasingly used as agrochemicals,
starting materials for chemical syntheses and especially pharmaceuticals. This originates …

Microbial-influenced pesticide removal co-occurs with antibiotic resistance gene variation in soil-earthworm-maize system

J Zhao, G Duan, D Zhu, J Li, Y Zhu - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Within human-influenced landscapes, pesticides cooccur with a variety of antibiotic
stressors. However, the relationship between pesticides removal process and antibiotic …

Degradation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics and identification of metabolites/transformation products by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

AS Maia, AR Ribeiro, CL Amorim, JC Barreiro… - … of Chromatography A, 2014 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are a therapeutic class widely found in environmental matrices and extensively
studied due to its persistence and implications for multi-resistant bacteria development. This …

Natural production of fluorinated compounds and biotechnological prospects of the fluorinase enzyme

MF Carvalho, RS Oliveira - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Fluorinated compounds are finding increasing uses in several applications. They are
employed in almost all areas of modern society. These compounds are all produced by …

Regioselective o-hydroxylation of monosubstituted benzenes by P450 BM3.

A Dennig, N Lülsdorf, H Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Dream come true: A new monooxygenase catalyst shows excellent activity for the
hydroxylation of halogenated benzenes, anisole, and toluene with almost complete ortho …

Catabolism of phenol and its derivatives in bacteria: genes, their regulation, and use in the biodegradation of toxic pollutants

J Nešvera, L Rucká, M Pátek - Advances in applied microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Phenol and its derivatives (alkylphenols, halogenated phenols, nitrophenols) are natural or
man-made aromatic compounds that are ubiquitous in nature and in human-polluted …

Microbial degradation of fluorinated drugs: biochemical pathways, impacts on the environment and potential applications

CD Murphy - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Since the discovery over 60 years ago of fluorocortisone's biological properties (9-α-Fluoro
derivatives of cortisone and hydrocortisone; Fried J and Sabo EF, J Am Chem Soc 76: 1455 …

Membrane transport systems and the biodegradation potential and pathogenicity of genus Rhodococcus

CCCR De Carvalho, SS Costa, P Fernandes… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The Rhodococcus genus contains species with remarkable ability to tolerate toxic
compounds and to degrade a myriad of substrates. These substrates have to cross a …

Enantioselective degradation of ofloxacin and levofloxacin by the bacterial strains Labrys portucalensis F11 and Rhodococcus sp. FP1

AS Maia, ME Tiritan, PML Castro - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics widely prescribed in both human and veterinary
medicine of high environmental concern and characterized as environmental …