Innovative techniques for combating a common enemy forever chemicals: A comprehensive approach to mitigating per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) …

AA Bayode, SS Emmanuel, AO Akinyemi, OT Ore… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The pervasive presence of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to
as" forever chemicals," in water systems poses a significant threat to both the environment …

Confronting PFAS persistence: Enzymes catalyzing C–F bond cleavage

LP Wackett - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Studies of enzymes catalyzing carbon–fluorine (C–F) bond cleavage have focused largely
on a limited number of native microbial hydrolases that are reactive with the natural product …

Fluorotelomer betaines and sulfonic acid in aerobic wetland soil: Stability, biotransformation, and bacterial community response

B Fang, H Chen, Y Zhou, B Qiao, M Baqar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The microbial degradation of 6: 2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6: 2 FTSA), fluorotelomer
sulfonamide alkylbetaine (6: 2 FTAB), and fluorotelomer betaines (5: 3 and 5: 1: 2 FTB) in …

Emerging and legacy per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Daling River and its estuary, Northern China

G Wang, Z Xing, S Liu, H Chen, X Dong, P Guo… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Strict restriction on legacy per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) has caused a
dramatic increase in production and usage of emerging PFASs over the last decades …

Stability and Biotransformation of 6: 2 Fluorotelomer Sulfonic Acid, Sulfonamide Amine Oxide, and Sulfonamide Alkylbetaine in Aerobic Sludge

B Fang, Y Zhang, H Chen, B Qiao, H Yu… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The 6: 2 fluorotelomer sulfonamide (6: 2 FTSAm)-based compounds signify a prominent
group of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) widely used in contemporary aqueous …

Biotransformation of natural compounds to create useful medicinal products

A Esmaeili - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Bioconversion holds significant value across global industries, particularly in
commercializing food and drug waste. The biotransformation of chitosan into valuable food …

Biotransformation of 6: 2 fluorotelomer sulfonate and microbial community dynamics in water-saturated one-dimensional flow-through columns

PF Yan, S Dong, MJ Woodcock, KE Manz… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Nearly all per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) biotransformation studies reported to
date have been limited to laboratory-scale batch reactors. The fate and transport of PFAS in …

[HTML][HTML] The first survey of legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Hulun Lake, China: Occurrence, sources, and environmental impacts

J Li, X Li, Y Zhu, L Wang, S Ren, R An, Q Zhang… - Emerging …, 2025 - Elsevier
Many per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) studies in environmental media have
been conducted in heavily industrialized and densely populated areas. However, there has …

Nexus of Soil Microbiomes, Genes, Classes of Carbon Substrates, and Biotransformation of Fluorotelomer-Based Precursors

J Kim, SW Leonard, MI Van Meter… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The unpredictable biodegradation of fluorotelomer (FT)-based per-and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) causes complicated risk management of PFAS-impacted sites. Here, we …

Cascading Pathways Regulate the Biotransformations of Eight Fluorotelomer Acids Performed by Wastewater Microbial Communities

F Geng, DE Helbling - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyfluoroalkyl substances can be biotransformed in natural or engineered environmental
systems to generate perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs). Data are needed to support the …