Biodegradation of meta-fluorophenol by an acclimated activated sludge.
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.
Chaojie
Zhang
Z
Pollution Control and Source Reuse State Key Laboratory, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. myrazh@mail.tongji.edu.cn
Qi
Zhou
Z
Ling
Chen
C
Zhichao
Wu
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Bin
Xu
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D000064:Acclimatization; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
D010636:Phenols; D012722:Sewage; C085046:3-fluorophenol