Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances

LP Wackett - Microbial biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poly‐and perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), are
pervasive in today's society, with a negative impact on human and ecosystem health …

Why is the biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds so rare?

LP Wackett - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Thousands of heavily fluorinated chemicals are found in the environment, impact human
and ecosystem health, and are relatively resistant to biological and chemical degradation …

A review of microbial degradation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Biotransformation routes and enzymes

A Berhanu, I Mutanda, J Taolin, MA Qaria… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the 1950s, copious amounts of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)(dubbed
“forever chemicals”) have been dumped into the environment, causing heavy contamination …

[HTML][HTML] A review: Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances—Biological degradation

D Grgas, A Petrina, T Štefanac, D Bešlo… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), highly stable synthetic organic compounds
with multiple carbon-fluorine bonds, are emerging as environmental contaminants, toxic …

Microbial degradation of polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in the environment: a review

J Liu, SM Avendaño - Environment international, 2013 - Elsevier
Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals containing perfluoroalkyl moieties have been widely used in
numerous industrial and commercial applications. Many polyfluoroalkyl chemicals are …

Biodegradation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A review

Z Zhang, D Sarkar, JK Biswas, R Datta - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals widely manufactured
for industrial and commercial applications in the past decades due to their remarkable …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial transformation of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances: a review for the field of bioremediation

JA LaFond, PB Hatzinger, JL Guelfo… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have received growing attention as more
research on their potential risk and widespread extent of contamination has become …

Microbial Cleavage of C–F Bonds in Two C6 Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds via Reductive Defluorination

Y Yu, K Zhang, Z Li, C Ren, J Chen… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The C–F bond is one of the strongest single bonds in nature. Although microbial reductive
dehalogenation is well known for the other organohalides, no microbial reductive …

Biodegradation and biotransformation of organofluorine compounds

CD Murphy - Biotechnology letters, 2010 - Springer
The carbon–fluorine bond is one of the strongest in nature, and the increasing use of
organofluorine compounds in agriculture, human and veterinary medicine, and industry has …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering and characterization of dehalogenase enzymes from Delftia acidovorans in bioremediation of perfluorinated compounds

JD Harris, CM Coon, ME Doherty, EA McHugh… - Synthetic and Systems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and Polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad class of synthetic compounds
that have fluorine substituted for hydrogen in several or all locations and are globally …