Who will clean up the environment from polychlorinated biphenyls?
2011
Abstract
PCBs are persistent, toxic and carcinogenic organic pollutants whose production was banned in the 80’s. Recently specific bacterial species were shown to degrade these compounds by attacking the bond between the aromatic core and the flanking chlorine atoms. This process, called anaerobic organohalide respiration, could be a possible way for environmental bioremediation. Nevertheless, little is known about the diversity of this bacterial guild and the enzymes which are involved.
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Title
Who will clean up the environment from polychlorinated biphenyls?
Author(s)
Praveckova, Martina ; Holliger, Christof ; Brennerova, Maria ; Cajthaml, Tomas ; Rossi, Pierre
Conference
FEMS Microbiology Ecology : Ecology of Soil Microorganisms, Prague, Czech Republic, 27.4. - 1.5. 2011
Date
2011
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Scientific production and competences > ENAC - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering > IIE - Environmental Engineering Institute > LBE - Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology
Scientific production and competences > ENAC - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering > IIE - Environmental Engineering Institute > GR-CEL - CEL Group
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Scientific production and competences > ENAC - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering > IIE - Environmental Engineering Institute > GR-CEL - CEL Group
Work produced at EPFL
Published
Posters
Record creation date
2012-07-04