Microbial isolation and degradation of selected haloalkanoic aliphatic acids by locally isolated bacteria: A review
- Author:
Siti Nurul Fasehah Ismail
;
Fahrul Huyop
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cow dung, bioremediation, dehalogenase, naturally occurring halogenated compound
- From:Malaysian Journal of Microbiology
2017;13(3):261-272
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The liberation of halogenated compounds by both natural processes and man-made activities has led to extensive
contamination of the biosphere. Bioremediation via the dehalogenation process offers a sustainable way to eliminate
such hazardous contaminants. Whereas, a large number of natural soil microorganisms (i.e., bacteria and fungi) that
have been isolated are capable of degrading and detoxifying such contaminants, information on the preferred types of
halogenated compounds that they catalyze is lacking. In this review, we discuss those microorganisms that have the
potential to perform bioremediation of such environmental contaminants. We also present a method for isolating novel
dehalogenase-producing microorganisms from cow dung.
