Electrochemical reactions often require an important overpotential1 to proceed at an
appreciable rate. This is particularly true when the reaction does not merely consist of an …

Within the last few decades, several anaerobic bacteria have been isolated which are able
to reductively dechlorinate chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic compounds at catabolic rates …

Organohalide-respiring microorganisms can use a variety of persistent pollutants, including
trichloroethene (TCE), as terminal electron acceptors. The final two-electron transfer step in …

▪ Abstract The natural production and anthropogenic release of halogenated hydrocarbons
into the environment has been the likely driving force for the evolution of an unexpectedly …

The highly enriched anaerobic bacterium that couples the reductive dechlorination of
tetrachloroethene to growth, previously referred to as PER-K23, was obtained in pure culture …

Dehalococcoides ethenogenes is the only bacterium known to reductively dechlorinate the
groundwater pollutants, tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene, to ethene. Its …

Halogenated organic compounds are produced industrially in large quantities and represent
an important class of environmental pollutants. However, an abundance of haloorganic …

Reductive dehalogenation of vinyl chloride (VC) to ethene is the key step in complete
anaerobic degradation of chlorinated ethenes. VC-reductive dehalogenase was partially …

Organohalides are recalcitrant pollutants that have been responsible for substantial
contamination of soils and groundwater. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (ORB) provide a …

A large number of halogenated compounds is produced by chemical synthesis. Some of
these compounds are very toxic and cause enormous problems to human health and to the …