Abstract
Halogenated organic chemicals form one of the most important groups of natural chemicals. Their misuse in industry and agriculture represent the intrusion of those chemicals into the environment, leading to widespread distribution and often to undesirable conditions, i.e., environmental pollution. It is important to accept the beneficial properties of halogenated organic compounds, and their potential impact on the environment. Decrease of dehalogenation that is the main known strategy for biodegradation is certainly a significant toxic chemical including exceptionally hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pentachlorophenol (PCP), and tetrachloroethene (PCE). These halogen mutations can increase the hydrophobicity of organic chemicals, increasing their tendency to be collected by food chains and sorb to soil. Finally, halogen compounds can contribute to the harmful biological effects of living compounds, increasing their toxicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful forces. This chapter will focus on the types of halo-organic compounds that have become a significant, potent, theoretically significant soil pollution, to be bioremediated. In accustomed, affecting hidden as bioremediation lacks a certain halo-organic compounds are generally biodegradable, moderately as a choice completely broken aside body. Despite affecting metabolic challenges allow aside halo-organic compounds, microorganisms accept determine an alluring capability directed toward biodegradate aforesaid compounds.
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Kameswaran, S., Ramesh, B., Pitchika, G.K., Chandra, M.S., B., S., Srinivasulu, M. (2021). Microbial Reductive Dehalogenation and Its Role in Bioremediation. In: Maddela, N.R., García, L.C. (eds) Innovations in Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80108-3_11
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