Overview of in situ and ex situ remediation technologies for PCB-contaminated soils and sediments and obstacles for full-scale application

HI Gomes, C Dias-Ferreira, AB Ribeiro - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants used worldwide between
the 1930s and 1980s. Although their use has been heavily restricted, PCB can be found in …

Remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated soils and sediment: state of knowledge and perspectives

R Jing, S Fusi, BV Kjellerup - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are one of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) used
worldwide between the 1930 and 1980s. Many PCBs can still be found in the environment …

Resuscitation-promoting factor accelerates enrichment of highly active tetrachloroethene/polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating cultures

X Su, M Xie, Z Han, Y Xiao, R Wang… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The anaerobic bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is largely impeded by
difficulties in massively enriching PCB dechlorinators in short periods of time …

Bioremediation of typical chlorinated hydrocarbons by microbial reductive dechlorination and its key players: A review

Z Xiao, W Jiang, D Chen, Y Xu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination in soils and groundwater has a severe negative
impact on the human health. Microbial reductive dechlorination is a major degradation …

Natural niche for organohalide-respiring Chloroflexi

MJ Krzmarzick, BB Crary, JJ Harding… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The phylum Chloroflexi contains several isolated bacteria that have been found to respire a
diverse array of halogenated anthropogenic chemicals. The distribution and role of these …

The importance and challenge of hyporheic mixing

ET Hester, MB Cardenas, R Haggerty… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The hyporheic zone is the interface beneath and adjacent to streams and rivers where
surface water and groundwater interact. The hyporheic zone presents unique conditions for …

Efforts to improve coupled in situ chemical oxidation with bioremediation: a review of optimization strategies

NB Sutton, JTC Grotenhuis, AAM Langenhoff… - Journal of Soils and …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose In order to provide highly effective yet relatively inexpensive strategies for the
remediation of recalcitrant organic contaminants, research has focused on in situ treatment …

Enhanced reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by bioaugmentation with a dehalorespiring bacterium

RB Payne, HD May, KR Sowers - Environmental science & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic reductive dehalogenation of commercial PCBs such as Aroclor 1260 has a critical
role of transforming highly chlorinated congeners to less chlorinated congeners that are then …

Tetrachloroethene primes reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in a river sediment microcosm

G Xu, Q Lu, L Yu, S Wang - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Halo-priming is an effective approach to initiate microbial reductive dechlorination of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at contaminated sites, of which the application has been …

Metabolic Synergy of Dehalococcoides Populations Leading to Greater Reductive Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

C Chen, G Xu, MJ Rogers, J He - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are dioxin-like pollutants that cause persistent harm to life.
Organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) can detoxify PCBs via reductive dechlorination, but …