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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2011

Role of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in the anaerobic transformation of hexachlorobenzene in European rivers.

Neslihan Taş, Miriam H A van Eekert, Anke Wagner, Gosse Schraa, Willem M de Vos, Hauke Smidt

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Neslihan TaşLaboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 10, 6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Miriam H A van Eekert
Anke Wagner
Gosse Schraa
Willem M de Vos
Hauke Smidt
Wageningen University & Research · NLStichting Lettinga Associates · NLTechnische Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diffuse pollution by chlorinated organic compounds in river basins is a concern, due to their potential adverse effects on human health and the environment. Organohalides, like hexachlorobenzene (HCB), are recalcitrant to aerobic microbial degradation, and "Dehalococcoides" spp. are the only known microorganisms capable of anaerobic transformation of these compounds coupled to their growth. In this study, sediments from four European rivers were studied in order to determine their HCB dechlorination capacities and the role of Dehalococcoides spp. in this process. Only a weak correlation was observed between Dehalococcoides species abundance and HCB transformation rates from different locations. In one of these locations, in the Ebro River sediment, HCB dechlorination could be linked to Dehalococcoides species growth and activity by 16S rRNA-based molecular methods. Furthermore, HCB dechlorination activity in this sediment was found over the full range of ambient temperatures that this sediment can be exposed to during different seasons throughout the year. The sediment contained several reductive dehalogenase (rdh) genes, and analysis of their transcription revealed the dominance of cbrA, previously shown to encode a trichlorobenzene reductive dehalogenase. This study investigated the role of Dehalococcoides spp. in HCB dechlorination in river sediments and evaluated if the current knowledge of rdh genes could be used to assess HCB bioremediation potential.

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RiversAnaerobiosisBiotransformationChloroflexiCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalEuropeGeologic SedimentsHexachlorobenzeneMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNAWater Pollutants, ChemicalDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalHexachlorobenzeneRNA, Ribosomal, 16SWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID21571884
PMCPMC3127731
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