Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications

Contributors. Preface; M.M. Häggblom, I.D. Bossert.
Part I: Introduction. 1. Halogenated Organic Compounds - A Global Perspective; M.M. Häggblom, I.D. Bossert.
Part II: Microbial Processes. 2. Microbial Ecology of Dehalogenation; I.D. Bossert, M.M. Häggblom, L.Y. Young. 3. Diversity of Dechlorinating Bacteria; F.E. Löffler, J.R. Cole, K.M. Ritalahti, J.M. Tiedje. 4. Thermodynamic Considerations for Dehalogenation; J. Dolfing. 5. Dehalogenation by Anaerobic Bacteria; C. Holliger, C. Regeard, G. Diekert. 6. Biodegradation of Chlorinated Compounds by White-Rot Fungi; J.A. Field.
Part III: Biochemistry and Chemistry. 7. Bacterial Growth on Halogenated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons: Genetics and Biochemistry; D.B. Janssen, J.E. Oppentocht, G.J. Poelarends. 8. Aromatic Dehalogenases: Insights into Structures, Mechanisms, and Evolutionary Origins; S.D. Copley. 9. Abiotic Dehalogenation by Metals; L.A. Totten, N.M. Assaf-Anid.
Part IV: Environmental Fate and Applications. 10. Bioavailability of Organohalides; Kyoungphile Nam, J.J. Kukor. 11. Biotransformation of Halogenated Pesticides; D.D. Focht. 12. Biodegradation of Atmospheric Halocarbons; R.S. Oremland. 13. Dechlorination of Sediment Dioxins: Catalysts, Mechanisms, and Implications for Remedial Strategies and Dioxin Cycling; C.L. Gruden, Q. Shiang Fu, A.L. Barkovskii, I.D. Albrecht, M.M. Lynam, P. Adriaens. 14. Redox Conditions and the Reductive/Oxidative Biodegradation of Chlorinated Ethenes in Groundwater Systems; F.H. Chapelle, P.M. Bradley.15. Microcosms for Site-Specific Evaluation of Enhanced Biological Reductive Dehalogenation; D.E. Fennell, J.M. Gossett. 16. Chlorinated Organic Contaminants from Mechanical Wood Processing and Their Bioremediation; M.M. Laine, M.K. Männistö, M.S. Salkinoja-Salonen, J.A. Puhakka. 17. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Aquatic Sediments: Environmental Fate and Outlook for Biological Treatment; D.L. Bedard.
Part V: Summary. 18. Environmental Dehalogenation - Problems and Recommendations; C.E. Castro.
Index.