An acclimated activated sludge was examined for its ability to degrade meta-fluorophenol as sole carbon source in aerobic batch cultures. The mechanism study revealed that the initial step in the aerobic biodegradation of meta-fluorophenol was their transformation to fluorocatechol. Following transformation of the fluorophenol to fluorocatechol, ring cleavage by catechol 1,2-dioxygenases proceeded via an ortho-cleavage pathway, then defluorination occurred. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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China Univ Geosci, Sch Water Resources & Environm, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaTsinghua Univ, INET, Lab Environm Technol, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
Yang, Qi
Shang, Haitao
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Shang, Haitao
Wang, Jianlong
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