The pressures of an ever-increasing population and industrial development have led to the
addition of an array of man-made chemicals in the environment, leading to tremendous …

Xenobiotic biodegradation under anaerobic conditions such as in groundwater, sediment,
landfill, sludge digesters and bioreactors has gained increasing attention over the last two …

Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to vinyl chloride
and ethene, and its genome has been found to contain up to 17 putative dehalogenase …

Biotransformation of the flame retardants tetrabromobisphenol A and tetrachlorobisphenol A,
and their ultimate biodehalogenation product, bisphenol A, was examined in anoxic …

The variety of halogenated substances and their derivatives widely used as pesticides,
herbicides and other industrial products is of great concern due to the hazardous nature of …

Highlights•PCBs, PCDDs, PBDEs, DDT can be dehalogenated in marine and estuarine
environments.•In situ-mimicking conditions provide better estimate of environmental …

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) were
introduced into the biosphere on a large scale as by-products from the manufacture of …

Microcosms capable of reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-
dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were constructed in glass bottles by seeding them with a …

A wide variety of haloorganic compounds undergo reductive dehalogenation by certain
anaerobic microorganisms. Metabolic reductive dehalogenation is coupled with energy …

In situ remediation of contaminated sediment using microbes is a promising environmental
treatment method. This study used bioaugmentation to investigate the biodegradation of …