Dioxin characterisation, formation and minimisation during municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration

G McKay - Chemical engineering journal, 2002 - Elsevier
The present review discusses the current views on methods to minimise dioxins, namely
polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), formation in MSW …

Degradation of dioxin-like compounds by microorganisms

RM Wittich - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 1998 - Springer
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF;
PCDD/F, dioxins) have not been commercially produced in bulk amounts, as were …

Degradation half-life times of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs for environmental fate modeling

S Sinkkonen, J Paasivirta - Chemosphere, 2000 - Elsevier
Literature search of the knowledge on the degradation of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs) in environmental compartments air, water, soil and sediment was done in purpose to …

Reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated dioxins by an anaerobic bacterium

M Bunge, L Adrian, A Kraus, M Opel, WG Lorenz… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs and PCDFs) are among the
most notorious environmental pollutants. Some congeners, particularly those with lateral …

Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination

JP Evans, L Zane, S Francescato, A Pilastro - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Postcopulatory sexual selection comprises both sperm competition, where the sperm from
different males compete for fertilization, and cryptic female choice, where females bias …

[图书][B] Microbial processes and environmental applications

MM Häggblom, ID Bossert - 2003 - Springer
Microbial processes and environmental applications Page 2 DEHALOGENATION Microbial
Processes and Environmental Applications Page 3 DEHALOGENATION Microbial Processes …

Microbial degradation of chlorinated dioxins

JA Field, R Sierra-Alvarez - Chemosphere, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Phylogenetic characterization of a polychlorinated-dioxin-dechlorinating microbial community by use of microcosm studies

N Yoshida, N Takahashi, A Hiraishi - Applied and environmental …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microcosms capable of reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-
dioxins/dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were constructed in glass bottles by seeding them with a …

Biodiversity of dehalorespiring bacteria with special emphasis on polychlorinated biphenyl/dioxin dechlorinators

A Hiraishi - Microbes and Environments, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A wide variety of haloorganic compounds undergo reductive dehalogenation by certain
anaerobic microorganisms. Metabolic reductive dehalogenation is coupled with energy …

Microbial dechlorination of historically present and freshly spiked chlorinated dioxins and diversity of dioxin-dechlorinating populations

AL Barkovskii, P Adriaens - Applied and Environmental …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ability of a microbial consortium eluted from dioxin-contaminated Passaic River
sediments to dechlorinate polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) was investigated …