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Investigating the biodegradability of perfluorooctanoic acid

Liou, J.S-C., Szostek, B., DeRito, C.M., Madsen, E.L.·2010·Chemosphere

DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.03.009

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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is an industrial chemical that has become disseminated globally in aquatic and terrestrial habitats, humans, and wildlife. Understanding PFOA's biodegradability (susceptibility to microbial metabolic attack) is a crucial element in developing an informed strategy for predicting and managing this compound's environmental fate. Reasoning that PFOA might be susceptible to reductive defluorination by anaerobic microbial communities, we embarked on a 2-phase experimental approach examining the potential of five different microbial communities (from a municipal waste-water treatment plant, industrial site sediment, an agricultural soil, and soils from two fire training areas) to alter PFOA's molecular structure. A series of primarily anaerobic incubations (up to 259d in duration) were established with acetate, lactate, ethanol, and/or hydrogen gas as electron donors and PFOA (at concentrations of 100 ppm and 100 ppb) as the electron acceptor. Cometabolism of PFOA during reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE) and during reduction of nitrate, iron, sulfate, and methanogenesis were also examined. Endpoints of potential PFOA transformation included release of fluoride and detection of potential transformation products by LC/Orbitrap MS and LC/accurate radioisotope counting in a (14)C radiotracer study. The strongest indication of PFOA transformation occurred during its potential cometabolism at the 100 ppb concentration during reductive dechlori…

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Authors: Liou, J. S.-C., Szostek, B., DeRito, C. M., & Madsen, E. L.
Affiliations: Cornell University (US)
DuPont (United States) (US)
Corresponding author: Madsen, E.L.
ORCID: DeRito, C.M.
Madsen, E.L.
Venue: Chemosphere
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-06
Volume: 80
Issue: 2
Pages: 176-183
ISSN: 0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.03.009
OpenAlex: W2035382121
Cited by: 191
References: 42
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 4.84
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Chemosphere (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Keywords: perfluorooctanoic acid, biodegradability, reductive defluorination, anaerobic microbial communities, cometabolism, reductive dechlorination, trichloroethylene, degradation intermediates, fluoride release, environmental persistence, wastewater treatment plants, soil, electron donors
MeSH terms: Bacteria, Biodegradation, Environmental, Caprylates, Environmental Pollutants, Fluorocarbons, Fungi, Microbiological Phenomena

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