Microbial reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4429-4434

  He, Jianzhong ^a   Robrock, Kristin R ^a   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^a,b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; BREAST MILK; DEBROMINATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ETHERS; HEALTH RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOTA; BLOOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PBDE; REDUCTION;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SERUM; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BROMINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA PRIMERS; ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS; TETRA;

EID: 33746211256     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052508d     Document Type: Article

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