Microbial degradation of chloroform

@article{Cappelletti2012MicrobialDO,
  title={Microbial degradation of chloroform},
  author={M. Cappelletti and D. Frascari and D. Zannoni and S. Fedi},
  journal={Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology},
  year={2012},
  volume={96},
  pages={1395-1409}
}
Chloroform (CF) is largely produced by both anthropogenic and natural sources. It is detected in ground and surface water sources and it represents the most abundant halocarbon in the atmosphere. Microbial CF degradation occurs under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Apart from a few reports describing the utilization of CF as a terminal electron acceptor during growth, CF degradation was mainly reported as a cometabolic process. CF aerobic cometabolism is supported by growth on short… Expand
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