ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2013
In situ treatment of PCBs by anaerobic microbial dechlorination in aquatic sediment: are we there yet?
Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Sorption-mediated organohalide respiration biokinetics of tetrachloroethene.Water research · 2026Article
- Microbial and multi-omics approaches for bioremediation of emerging contaminants: environmental impact and future engineering solutions.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Sex-dependent modulation of PCB-mediated toxicity from a proteomic and microbiome perspective.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Genome-Resolved Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics Reveal Insights into the Ecology and Metabolism of Anaerobic Microbial Communities in PCB-Contaminated Sediments.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Photocatalytic Degradation of Dielectric Mineral Oil with PCBs Content Coupled with Algae Treatment.Toxics · 2022Article
- Microbial and enzymatic degradation of PCBs from e-waste-contaminated sites: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Biotechnology and nanotechnology for remediation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds: current perspectives.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Effects of Ferric Oxyhydroxide on Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hudson and Grasse River Sediment Microcosms: Dechlorination Extent, Preferences,Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Widespread Distribution of Dehalococcoides mccartyi in the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay, Texas, Sediments and the Potential for Reductive Dechlorination of PCDD/F in an Estuarine Environment.Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) · 2016Article
- A chronicle of the changes undergone by a maritime territory, the Bay of Toulon (Var Coast, France), and their consequences on PCB contamination.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Genomic characterization of three unique Dehalococcoides that respire on persistent polychlorinated biphenyls.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014Article
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Abstract
The remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soils and sediments remains a particularly difficult problem to solve. The possibility of in situ degradation by microorganisms has been pursued for many years since this approach has the potential to provide a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable alternative to dredging for treatment of PCB impacted sites. Being hydrophobic, PCBs partition into organic material and accumulate in anoxic environments well poised to support anaerobic dechlorination of highly chlorinated congeners; products of which are susceptible to complete aerobic degradation. Laboratory research over the past 25 years is now leading to new microbial technologies that could soon be tested for treatment of PCB impacted sediments in the field.
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