Degradation of Halogenated Aromatics by Actinomycetes
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Date
1992
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Book Chapter
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Abstract
Halogenated aromatic compounds are widely used in the chemical industry (solvents, lubricants, propellants), agricultural sector (herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, insecticides), and packaging industry (preservatives, fungicides, molluscicides), and in insulating material in various other industries (Table 1). Furthermore, halogenated aromatic compounds are constantly formed as byproducts or as wastes during incineration, in cellulose production and drinking water treatment, as well as in combustion engines, and are released into the environment. Chlorination of humic water can generate among other components monochlorophenols, 2, 3, 4, 6-TeCP,* 2, 4, 6-TCP, and PCP [1]. PCDDs and PCDFs are found in packaging paper and board from bleached pulp [2]. Other chlorinated products are derived from microbial transformation of chlorinated parent compounds released into the environment [3–6]. These compounds can be divided into classes either by their chemical structure or by their use.
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published
Book title
Degradation of Environmental Pollutants by Microorganisms and Their Metalloenzymes
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Volume
28
Pages / Article No.
157 - 204
Publisher
CRC Press