title: [Biodegradation of organic pollutants by thermophiles and their applications: a review].
abstract: Persistent organic pollutants have increasingly become a critical environmental concern, while thermophiles have the high potential of degrading various kinds of environmental organic pollutants. At high temperatures, thermophiles have higher metabolic activity, and the competition by mesophiles is reduced, meanwhile, the solubility and bioavailability of some persistent organic pollutants are greatly increased, and thus, the degradation of the pollutants by thermophiles is more rapid and complete. Therefore, thermophils are of great significance for the bio-treatment of organic wastewater and the bioremediation of organic pollutants-contaminated sites. This paper introduced the research progress on the degradation of organic pollutants by thermophiles in terms of the characteristics of thermophiles in degrading organic pollutants, the effects of temperature on the degradation, the degradation pathways, the degradation enzymes, their coding genes, and practical engineering applications. The future research directions including the degradation mechanisms of thermophiles, their resources reserve, related technology strategies and their applications were also prospected.
authors: Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. cuijinglan2010@163.com
authors: Jing-Lan
authors: JL
authors: Cui
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Chen
authors: Zhi-Hui
authors: ZH
authors: Qin
authors: Chun-Na
authors: CN
authors: Yu
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Shen
authors: Chao-Feng
authors: CF
authors: Shen
authors: Ying-Xu
authors: YX
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D056506:Geobacillus / Q000378:metabolism; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000378:metabolism; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D062065:Wastewater