Pentachlorophenol biodegradation

Cort, T. and Bielefeldt, A., A kinetic model for surfactant inhibition of pentachlorophenol biodegradation,... 

Wang, P., Woodward, C.A., and Kaufman, E.N., Polyethylene glycol)-modified ligninase enhances pentachlorophenol biodegradation in water-solvent mixtures, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 64, 290-297, 1999. 

Gonzalez, J.F. Hu, W-S. (1995). Pentachlorophenol biodegradation simple models. Environmental Technology, 16, 287-93. 

An interesting application of studies of pentachlorophenol biodegradation has been described by Edgehill and Finn [88], who applied an inoculum of pentachlorophenol-utilizing bacteria grown in a fermentor, to contaminated soil (1 mg of bacteria per gram dry weight... 

Mendoza-Cantii, A., Albores, A., Fernandez-Linares, L., Rodriguez-Vasquez, R., 2000. Pentachlorophenol biodegradation and detoxification by the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Environmental Toxicology 15, 107-113. 

Mohammed SA, Sorensen DL, Sims RC, et al. 1998. Pentachlorophenol and phenanthrene biodegradation in creosote contaminated aquifer material. Chemosphere 37(1) 103-111. 

Mileski G, JA Bumpus, MA Jurek, SD Aust (1988) Biodegradation of pentachlorophenol by the white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Appl Environ Microbiol 54 2885-2889. 

Pignatello JJ, MM Martinson, JG Steiert, RE Carlson, RL Crawford (1983) Biodegradation and photolysis of pentachlorophenol in artificial freshwater streams. Appl Environ Microbiol 46 1024-1031. 

Topp E, L Xun, CS Orser (1992) Biodegradation of the herbicide bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzo-nitrile) by purified pentachlorophenol hydroxylase and whole cells of Flavobacterium sp. strain ATCC 39723 is accompanied by cyanogenesis. Appl Environ Microbiol 58 502-506. 

Beaudet R, M-J Levesque, R Villemur, M Lanthier, M Chenier, F Lepine, J-G Bisaillon (1998) Anaerobic biodegradation of pentachlorophenol in a contaminated soil inoculated with a methanogenic consortium, or with Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 50 135-141. 

Pallerla, S. and Chambers, R.P., Reactor development for biodegradation of pentachlorophenol, Catal. Today, 40, 103-111, 1998. 

Ingerslev, F., A. Baun, and N. Nyholm. 1998. Aquatic biodegradation behavior of pentachlorophenol assessed through a battery of shake flask die-away tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 1712-1719. 

Middaugh, D.P., S.M. Resnick, S.E. Lantz, C.S. Heard, and J.G. Mueller. 1993. Toxicological assessment of biodegraded pentachlorophenol Microtox and fish embryos. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 24 165-172. 

Seech, A.G., J.T. Trevors, and T.L. Bulman. 1991. Biodegradation of pentachlorophenol in soil the response to physical, chemical, and biological treatments. Canad. Jour. Microbiol. 37 440-444. 

Hu, Z-C., Korus, R.A., Levinson, W. E. Crawford, R. L. (1994). Adsorption and biodegradation of pentachlorophenol by polyurethane-immobilized Flavobacterium. Environmental Science Technology, 28, 491-6. 

Briglia, M., Nurmiaho-Lassila, E.L., Vallini, G. Salkinoja-Salonen, M. (1990). The survival of pentachlorophenol-degrading Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus and Flavobacterium sp. in natural soil. Biodegradation, 1, 273-81. 

Middaugh, D. P., Resnick, S. M., Lantz, S. E., Heard, C. S. Mueller, J.G. (1993). Toxicological assessment of biodegraded pentachlorophenol Microtox and fish embryos. Archives of Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 24, 165-72. 

Mueller, J. G., Middaugh, D. P., Lantz, S. E. Chapman, P. J. (1991c). Biodegradation of creosote and pentachlorophenol in groundwater chemical and biological assessment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 57, 1277-85. 

Resnick,S. M. Chapman, P. J. (1994). Physiological properties of substrate specificity ofa pentachlorophenol-degrading Pseudomonas sp. Biodegradation, 5, 47-54. 

Ballapragada, B.S., Magar, V. S., Puhakka, J. A., Stensel, H. D. Ferguson, J. F. (1994). Fate and biodegradation of tetrachloroethene and pentachlorophenol in anaerobic digesters. In Proceedings of the Water Environment federation 67 th Annual Conference Exposition. Chicago, IL, October 16-20, pp. 265-76. 

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