title: Biodegradation of meta-fluorophenol by an acclimated activated sludge.
abstract: An acclimated activated sludge was examined for its ability to degrade meta-fluorophenol as sole carbon source in aerobic batch cultures. The mechanism study revealed that the initial step in the aerobic biodegradation of meta-fluorophenol was their transformation to fluorocatechol. Following transformation of the fluorophenol to fluorocatechol, ring cleavage by catechol 1,2-dioxygenases proceeded via an ortho-cleavage pathway, then defluorination occurred.
authors.affiliation: Pollution Control and Source Reuse State Key Laboratory, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. myrazh@mail.tongji.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chaojie
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhichao
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bin
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D012722:Sewage; C085046:3-fluorophenol