Overview of organohalide-respiring bacteria and a proposal for a classification system for reductive dehalogenases

LA Hug, F Maphosa, D Leys… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organohalide respiration is an anaerobic bacterial respiratory process that uses
halogenated hydrocarbons as terminal electron acceptors during electron transport-based …

Exploiting the ecogenomics toolbox for environmental diagnostics of organohalide-respiring bacteria

F Maphosa, WM de Vos, H Smidt - Trends in Biotechnology, 2010 - cell.com
Various 'omics' methods have enabled environmental probing at the molecular level and
have created an important new paradigm in bioremediation design and management …

Organohalide respiration in pristine environments: implications for the natural halogen cycle

S Atashgahi, MM Häggblom… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Halogenated organic compounds, also termed organohalogens, were initially considered to
be of almost exclusively anthropogenic origin. However, over 5000 naturally synthesized …

Review of reactive kinetic models describing reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in soil and groundwater

JC Chambon, PL Bjerg, C Scheutz… - Biotechnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Reductive dechlorination is a major degradation pathway of chlorinated ethenes in
anaerobic subsurface environments, and reactive kinetic models describing the degradation …

Comparative metagenomics of three Dehalococcoides-containing enrichment cultures: the role of the non-dechlorinating community

LA Hug, RG Beiko, AR Rowe, RE Richardson… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The Dehalococcoides are strictly anaerobic bacteria that gain
metabolic energy via the oxidation of H 2 coupled to the reduction of halogenated organic …

Mesotoga prima gen. nov., sp. nov., the first described mesophilic species of the Thermotogales

CL Nesbø, DM Bradnan, A Adebusuyi, M Dlutek… - Extremophiles, 2012 - Springer
A novel mesophilic member of the Thermotogales, strain MesG1. Ag. 4.2, was isolated from
sediments from Baltimore Harbor, MD, USA. The strain grew optimally at 37° C with a …

Overview of known organohalide-respiring bacteria—phylogenetic diversity and environmental distribution

S Atashgahi, Y Lu, H Smidt - Organohalide-respiring bacteria, 2016 - Springer
To date, organohalide respiration (OHR) has been restricted to the bacterial domain of life.
Known organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) are spread among several phyla …

[HTML][HTML] A review in the current developments of genus Dehalococcoides, its consortia and kinetics for bioremediation options of contaminated groundwater

DM Saiyari, HP Chuang, DB Senoro, TF Lin… - Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current developments in genus Dehalococcoides as key
dechlorinating bacteria in chlorinated ethene contaminated sites. The presence of …

Geochemical and microbial community determinants of reductive dechlorination at a site biostimulated with glycerol

S Atashgahi, Y Lu, Y Zheng, E Saccenti… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Biostimulation is widely used to enhance reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in
contaminated aquifers. However, the knowledge on corresponding biogeochemical …

Characterization of four TCE-dechlorinating microbial enrichments grown with different cobalamin stress and methanogenic conditions

Y Men, PKH Lee, KC Harding… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
To investigate the important supportive microorganisms responsible for trichloroethene
(TCE) bioremediation under specific environmental conditions and their relationship with …