Birthe V. Kjellerup

TL;DR: The strategies being employed to exploit the inherent durability of biofilms and the diverse nutrient cycling of the microbiome for bioremediation are explored, as well as some heavy metals and toxic minerals, as these groups represent the majority of priority pollutants.

TL;DR: This isolate of an ultramicrobacterium, strain DF-1, is the first microorganism in pure culture demonstrated to grow by dehalorespiration with PCBs and the first isolate shown to dechlorinate weathered commercial mixtures of PCBs in historically contaminated sediments.

TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes the most frequent remediation solutions including, phytoremediation, microbial degradation, dehalogenation by chemical reagent, and PCBs removal by activated carbon.

TL;DR: These are the first data on the physiology of the almost entirely uncharacterized TM7 phylum and show that TM7 filamentous bacteria can uptake carbon substrates under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

TL;DR: Application of molecular methods for selective detection of indigenous microbial dechlorinating communities combined with assessment of the dechlorination activity and analysis of the in situ congener profiles provided a comprehensive approach for characterization and identification of sites that are amenable to bioremediation, which is essential for the development of in situ treatment strategies.