Halorespiration

Halorespiration or dehalorespiration is the use of halogenated compounds as terminal electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration.[1] Halorespiration can play a part in microbial biodegradation. The most common substrates are chlorinated aliphatics (PCE, TCE), chlorinated phenols. Dehalorespiring bacteria are highly diverse. This trait is found in some proteobacteria, chloroflexi (green nonsulfur bacteria) and low G+C gram positive Clostridia.[2]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Holliger, C.; Wohlfarth, G.; Diekert, G. (1998). "Reductive dechlorination in the energy metabolism of anaerobic bacteria". FEMS Microbiology Reviews 22 (5): 383. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.1998.tb00377.x.
  2. ↑ Hiraishi, A. (2008). "Biodiversity of Dehalorespiring Bacteria with Special Emphasis on Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Dioxin Dechlorinators". Microbes and Environments 23 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1264/jsme2.23.1. PMID 21558680.

Further reading

  • Leys, D.; Adrian, L.; Smidt, H. (2013). "Organohalide respiration: microbes breathing chlorinated molecules". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 (1616): 20120316–20120316. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0316. ISSN 0962-8436. 
  • Futagami, Taiki; Goto, Masatoshi; Furukawa, Kensuke (2014). "Genetic System of Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria": 59–81. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-54520-0_4. 
  • Hug, L. A.; Maphosa, F.; Leys, D.; Loffler, F. E.; Smidt, H.; Edwards, E. A.; Adrian, L. (2013). "Overview of organohalide-respiring bacteria and a proposal for a classification system for reductive dehalogenases". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 (1616): 20120322–20120322. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.0322. ISSN 0962-8436. 
  • Maphosa, Farai; de Vos, Willem M.; Smidt, Hauke (2010). "Exploiting the ecogenomics toolbox for environmental diagnostics of organohalide-respiring bacteria". Trends in Biotechnology 28 (6): 308–316. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.03.005. ISSN 0167-7799. 


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