title: Aerobic bacterial catabolism of persistent organic pollutants - potential impact of biotic and abiotic interaction.
abstract: Several aerobic bacteria possess unique catabolic pathways enabling them to degrade persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The catabolic activity of aerobic bacteria employed for removal of POPs in the environment may be modulated by several biotic (i.e. fungi, plants, algae, earthworms, and other bacteria) and abiotic (i.e. zero-valent iron, advanced oxidation, and electricity) agents. This review describes the basic biochemistry of the aerobic bacterial catabolism of selected POPs and discusses how biotic and abiotic agents enhance or inhibit the process. Solutions allowing biotic and abiotic agents to exert physical and chemical assistance to aerobic bacterial catabolism of POPs are also discussed.
authors: Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jong-Rok
authors: JR
authors: Jeon
authors: Department of Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, Periyar University, Salem 636 011, Salem, India.
authors: Kumarasamy
authors: K
authors: Murugesan
authors: Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Prague, 142 20, Czech Republic.
authors: Petr
authors: P
authors: Baldrian
authors: Discipline of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 3201, South Africa.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Schmidt
authors: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: yschang@postech.ac.kr.
authors: Yoon-Seok
authors: YS
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants