Overview of organohalide-respiring bacteria and a proposal for a classification system for reductive dehalogenases

LA Hug, F Maphosa, D Leys… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organohalide respiration is an anaerobic bacterial respiratory process that uses
halogenated hydrocarbons as terminal electron acceptors during electron transport-based …

Bioremediation of typical chlorinated hydrocarbons by microbial reductive dechlorination and its key players: A review

Z Xiao, W Jiang, D Chen, Y Xu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination in soils and groundwater has a severe negative
impact on the human health. Microbial reductive dechlorination is a major degradation …

Resuscitation-promoting factor accelerates enrichment of highly active tetrachloroethene/polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating cultures

X Su, M Xie, Z Han, Y Xiao, R Wang… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The anaerobic bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is largely impeded by
difficulties in massively enriching PCB dechlorinators in short periods of time …

Genomic characterization of three unique Dehalococcoides that respire on persistent polychlorinated biphenyls

S Wang, KR Chng, A Wilm, S Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Fastidious anaerobic bacteria play critical roles in environmental bioremediation of
halogenated compounds. However, their characterization and application have been largely …

A novel strategy for enhancing bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated soil with resuscitation promoting factor and resuscitated strain

X Zhou, S Zhang, R Wang, Z An, F Sun, C Shen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
PCBs bioremediation is largely impeded by the reduced metabolic activity and degradation
ability of indigenous and exogenous microorganisms. Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) …

Microbial degradation of chloroethenes: a review

I Dolinová, M Štrojsová, M Černík, J Němeček… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Contamination by chloroethenes has a severe negative effect on both the environment and
human health. This has prompted intensive remediation activity in recent years, along with …

Biochemistry of catabolic reductive dehalogenation

M Fincker, AM Spormann - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2017 - annualreviews.org
A wide range of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms couple the reductive
dehalogenation of organohalides to energy conservation. Key enzymes of such anaerobic …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of recent advances in the bio-remediation of chlorinated substances by microbial dechlorinators

N Dutta, M Usman, MA Ashraf, G Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant health risk is associated with chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination in soils
and groundwater. Microbial reductive dechlorination, one of the major pathways of …

Genome sequencing of a single cell of the widely distributed marine subsurface Dehalococcoidia, phylum Chloroflexi

K Wasmund, L Schreiber, KG Lloyd… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria of the class Dehalococcoidia (DEH), phylum Chloroflexi, are widely distributed in
the marine subsurface, yet metabolic properties of the many uncultivated lineages are …

Dehalogenation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Polychlorinated Biphenyls Catalyzed by a Reductive Dehalogenase in Dehalococcoides mccartyi Strain MB

G Xu, S Zhao, C Chen, X Zhao… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are
notorious persistent organic pollutants. However, few organohalide-respiring bacteria that …