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- Editors:
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Max M. Häggblom
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Rutgers University, USA
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Ingeborg D. Bossert
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Rutgers University, USA
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Introduction
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- Max M. Häggblom, Ingeborg D. Bossert
Pages 3-29
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Microbial Processes
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- Ingeborg D. Bossert, Max M. Häggblom, L. Y. Young
Pages 33-52
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- Frank E. Löffler, James R. Cole, Kirsti M. Ritalahti, James M. Tiedje
Pages 53-87
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- Christof Holliger, Christophe Regeard, Gabriele Diekert
Pages 115-157
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Biochemistry and Chemistry
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- Dick B. Janssen, Jantien E. Oppentocht, Gerrit J. Poelarends
Pages 207-226
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- Lisa A. Totten, Nada M. Assaf-Anid
Pages 261-287
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Environmental Fate and Applications
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- Kyoungphile Nam, Jerome J. Kukor
Pages 291-302
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- Cyndee L Gruden, Q. Shiang Fu, Andrei L. Barkovskii, Iris D. Albrecht, Mary M. Lynam, Peter Adriaens
Pages 347-372
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- Francis H. Chapelle, Paul M. Bradley
Pages 373-384
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- Donna E. Fennell, James M. Gossett
Pages 385-420
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- M. Minna Laine, Minna K. MäNnistö, Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen, Jaakko A. Puhakka
Pages 421-442
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Back Matter
Pages 481-501
About this book
Halogenated organic compounds constitute one of the largest groups of environmental chemicals. The industrial production of new halogenated organic compounds has increased throughout the last century peaking in the 1960s, and continuing in widespread use today. Organohalides are integral to a variety of industrial applications, including use as solvents, degreasing agents, biocides, pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, hydraulic and heat transfer fluids, and intermediates for chemical synthesis, to name a few. It is important to recognize the beneficial aspects of halogenated organic compounds, as well as their potentially deleterious impact on the environment and health. Recognition ofthe adverse environmental effects ofmanytypes oforganohalide compounds has led to efforts to reduce or eliminate the most problematic ones. Although organohalide compounds are typically considered to be anthropogenic industrial compounds, they have their counterpart in several thousands of natural biogenic and geogenic organohalides, representing most classes of organic chemicals. Natural sources account for a significant portion of the global organohalogen budget. This volume authored by recognized experts in the field provides a current perspective on how both natural and synthetic organohalides are formed and degraded, and how these processes are incorporated into a global halogen cycle. The focus is on microbial processes, since these play a major role both in the production and degradation, i. e. , cycling of halogenated organic compounds inthe environment. This book is organized into five parts. Part I, Introduction, provides a global perspective on the issues of organohalides and their fate in the environment.
