Chlorophenols (CPs) are highly toxic and refractory contaminants which widely exist in
various environments and cause serious harm to human and environment health and safety …

Chlorophenols (CPs) and their derivatives are persistent environmental pollutants which are
used in the manufacture of dyes, drugs, pesticides and other industrial products. CPs, which …

Microbial reductive dechlorination of chlorinated aromatics frequently suffers from the long
dechlorination period and the generation of toxic metabolites. Biocathode …

A wide range of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms couple the reductive
dehalogenation of organohalides to energy conservation. Key enzymes of such anaerobic …

Influences of heavy metal exposure to the organohalide respiration process and the related
molecular mechanism remain poorly understood. In this study, a non-obligate organohalide …

Halogenated aromatics are used widely in various industrial, agricultural and household
applications. However, due to their stability, most of these compounds persist for a long time …

Marine environments contain diverse halogenated organic compounds (HOCs), both
anthropogenic and natural, nourishing a group of versatile organohalide-respiring bacteria …

Organohalide respiring bacteria (OHRB) express reductive dehalogenases for energy
conservation and growth. Some of these enzymes catalyze the reductive dehalogenation of …

To date, organohalide respiration (OHR) has been restricted to the bacterial domain of life.
Known organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) are spread among several phyla …

Highlights•We reviewed the recent literature on anaerobic reductive dehalogenation.•
Description of novel isolates, substrate ranges, genomes and crystal structures.•Advances in …