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Biodegradation of halogenated aromatic compounds

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Chlorinated aromatic compounds have been widely used as pesticides (e.g. 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T, chlorophenols) or for industrial applications (e.g. PCBs in electrical equipment and as hydraulic fluids). Others, such as PCDDs and PCDFs, are produced unintentionally as trace contaminants during the industrial production of chlorinated compounds and incineration of chlorine-containing wastes. Brominated aromatic compounds have found use as flame retardants, whereas fluorinated and iodinated aromatic compounds have pharmaceutical applications. The chemical inertness and hydrophobicity of many of these compounds has resulted in them becoming widely distributed in the environment; in particular accumulating in terrestial and aquatic organisms. This, together with their toxicity, has given rise to concern about their fate and effects in the environment.

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Abbreviations

CBz:

chlorobenzene

DCBz:

dichlorobenze

TrCBz:

trichlorobenzene

PCBz:

pentachlorobenzene

HCBz:

hexachlorobenzene

CBA:

chlorobenzoic acid

BBA:

bromobenzoic acid

FBA:

fluorobenzoic acid

IBA:

iodobenzoic acid

CP:

chlorophenol

CA:

chloroaniline

2,4-D:

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

2,4,5-T:

2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid

PCBs:

polychlorinated biphenyls

CB:

chlorobiphenyl

PCDDs:

polychlorinated dibenzo-p

PCDFs:

polychlorinated dibenzofurans

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    Colin Ratledge

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Commandeur, L.C.M., Parsons, J.R. (1994). Biodegradation of halogenated aromatic compounds. In: Ratledge, C. (eds) Biochemistry of microbial degradation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1687-9_13

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