Biotransformation of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) with LinB - An HCH-converting bacterial enzyme

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6566-6574

  Heeb, Norbert V ^a   Zindel, Daniel ^a,b   Geueke, Birgit ^c   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^c   Lienemann, Peter ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; BACTERIAL ENZYMES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DEHALOGENASE; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; KINETIC MODELS; RACEMIC MIXTURES; SPHINGOBIUM; STOCKHOLM;

DEGRADATION; ENANTIOMERS; HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LAURYL ALCOHOL; LINB ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMINE COMPOUND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HALOGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPHINGOBIUM INDICUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMES; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84862532698     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2046487     Document Type: Article

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