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The utilization of monochlorobenzoate isomers (2-, 3- and 4-chlorobenzoate) by anaerobic microbial consortia in River Nile sediments was systematically evaluated under denitrifying, Fe-reducing, sulfidogenic and methanogenic conditions. Loss of all three chlorobenzoates was noted in denitrifying cultures; furthermore, the initial utilization of chlorobenzoates was fastest under denitrifying conditions. Loss of 3-chlorobenzoate was seen under all four reducing conditions and the degradation of chlorobenzoates was coupled stoichiometrically to NO sup−inf3 loss Fe2+ production, SO sup2−inf4 loss or CH4 production, indicating that the chlorobenzoates were oxidized to CO2. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of halogenated aromatic degradation coupled to Fe reduction.
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Kazumi, J., Häggblom, M.M. & Young, L.Y. Diversity of anaerobic microbial processes in chlorobenzoate degradation: Nitrate, iron, sulfate and carbonate as electron acceptors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 43, 929–936 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02431930
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