Organohalide Respiring Bacteria and Reductive Dehalogenases: Key Tools in Organohalide Bioremediation [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Organohalides are recalcitrant pollutants that have been responsible for substantial contamination of soils and groundwater. Organohalide-respiring bacteria (ORB) provide a potential solution to remediate contaminated sites, through their ability to use ...
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Bibliometrics and Visualization Analysis of Three Obligate Organohalide Respiring Bacteria Genera: A Systematic Review [PDF]
MicroorganismsOrganohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) facilitate the reductive dehalogenation of toxic halogenated compounds in the environment, which supports their growth and proliferation. Research conducted on OHRB has achieved notable advancements.
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Hybrid Transcriptional Regulators for the Screening of Target DNA Motifs in Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 The bioremediation of persistent organohalide molecules under anoxic conditions mostly relies on the bacterial process called organohalide respiration (OHR).
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Understanding the sources, function, and irreplaceable role of cobamides in organohalide-respiring bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyHalogenated organic compounds are persistent pollutants that pose a serious threat to human health and the safety of ecosystems. Cobamides are essential cofactors for reductive dehalogenases (RDase) in organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB), which ...
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From Energy Deprivation Stress to Catalytic Adaptation of Reductive Dehalogenase TmrA for 1,1‐DCA Dechlorination: An Experimental and in Silico Study [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyOrganohalide‐respiring bacteria capable of metabolizing multiple organohalogens represent valuable tools for bioremediation and offer intriguing evolutionary potential for adaptation to non‐native substrates.
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Global prevalence of organohalide-respiring bacteria dechlorinating polychlorinated biphenyls in sewage sludge [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Massive amounts of sewage sludge are generated during biological sewage treatment and are commonly subjected to anaerobic digestion, land application, and landfill disposal.
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Cofactor binding interactions with reductive dehalogenase shape cobamide utilization in organohalide-respiring bacteria [PDF]
Communications BiologySelective utilization of certain cobamides, the vitamin B12-family enzyme cofactors, is a common physiological trait in organohalide respiration, an essential biogeochemical process relevant to global halogen cycling and the bioremediation of chlorinated
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Bioremediation of complex chlorinated-solvent impacted groundwater [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyEnhanced in situ bioremediation is a widely adopted and sustainable means of remediating chlorinated contaminant impacted groundwater utilizing organohalide respiring bacteria.
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Top-down/bottom-up consortia achieve robust γ-HCH degradation and reduced methanogenic contribution in wetlands [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyGeneralist non-obligate organochlorine-degrading bacteria (ODB) play an important role in the bioremediation of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), yet their ecological roles and functional mechanisms remain underexplored.
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Comparative genomics reveals Dehalogenimonas genome dynamics and evolutionary trajectories toward organohalide respiration [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyDehalogenimonas spp. specialize in organohalide respiration, a metabolism that features reductive dehalogenase (RDase) as the key catalyst, yet their evolutionary history and adaptation to halogenated substrates are largely unknown. Here, we surveyed the
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