1984
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(08)70052-2
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Microbial Metabolism of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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“…1 PAH are metabolized by a large number of enzymes in bacteria, fungi, and algae and by cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases in eukaryotic cells. 2 Cometabolic transformation of these compounds is found in all organisms, whereas complete metabolization leading to biomass and carbon dioxide is described only for bacteria.…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 PAH are metabolized by a large number of enzymes in bacteria, fungi, and algae and by cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases in eukaryotic cells. 2 Cometabolic transformation of these compounds is found in all organisms, whereas complete metabolization leading to biomass and carbon dioxide is described only for bacteria.…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was thought that microbial degradation of PAHs is an oxidationreduction reaction, in which the hydrocarbons are oxidized coupling with electron flow to electron acceptors (Lovley et al 1994;Lovley et al 1996a). Numerous aerobic PAHdegrading bacteria have been isolated and the degradation pathways have been successfully elucidated (Cerniglia 1984;Meckenstock et al 2004;Haritash and Kaushik 2009). However, the PAHs-contaminated sites are usually anaerobic, and anaerobic degradation may make a more important contribution to PAHs natural attenuation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This probably explains why the two isolates not only grew on and hence metabolised naphthalene, which is considered the simplest and hence, the easiest of all polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to degrade, but also to some extent degraded other recalcitrant aromatic compounds that belonged to other classification groups. The ability of Pseudomonas and Burkholderia species to degrade naphthalene and other PAHs has been reported by several workers (Catterall et al, 1971;Cerniglia, 1984;Heitkamp et al, 1987;Mueller et al, 1990;Kastner et al, 1994;Mueller et al, 1997;Bosch et al, 2000;Jonsen et al, 2002;Jonsen et al, 2005). In all the cases, the ability of the microorganisms to solely utilize the PAH substrates as sources of both carbon and energy were emphasized.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 79%