Anaerobic reductive dehalogenation of polychlorinated dioxins

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• 作者：Michael Bunge and Ute Lechner
• 关键词：Reductive dehalogenation ; Polychlorinated dibenzo ; p ; dioxins and dibenzofurans ; Dehalococcoides
• 刊名：Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：September, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：84
• 期：3
• 页码：429-444
• 全文大小：344.4 KB

文摘

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and -furans (PCDD/Fs) are among the most harmful environmental contaminants. Their widespread distribution due to unintentional or unknown release coincides with environmental persistence, acute and chronic toxicity to living organisms, and long-term effects due to the compounds’ tendency for bioaccumulation and biomagnification. While microbial aerobic degradation of PCDD/Fs is mainly reported for the turnover of low chlorinated congeners, this review focuses on anaerobic reductive dehalogenation, which may constitute a potential remediation strategy for polychlorinated compounds in soils and sediments. Microorganisms in sediments and in microcosms or enrichment cultures have been shown to be involved in the reductive dechlorination of dioxins. Bacteria related to the genus Dehalococcoides are capable of the reductive transformation of dioxins leading to lower chlorinated dioxins including di- and monochlorinated congeners. Thus, reductive dehalogenation might be one of the very few mechanisms able to mediate the turnover of polychlorinated dioxins by reducing their toxicity and paving the way for a subsequent breakdown of the carbon skeleton.