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Bacteria-driven phthalic acid ester biodegradation: Current status and emerging opportunities

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Hu, Ruiwen, Zhao, Haiming, Xu, Xihui, Wang, Zhigang, Yu, Ke, Shu, Longfei, Yan, Qingyun, Wu, Bo, Mo, Cehui, He, Zhili, Wang, Cheng·2021·Environment International
DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106560
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The extensive use of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) has led to their widespread distribution across various environments. As PAEs pose significant threats to human health, it is urgent to develop efficient strategies to eliminate them from environments. Bacteria-driven PAE biodegradation has been considered as an inexpensive yet effective strategy to restore the contaminated environments. Despite great advances in bacterial culturing and sequencing, the inherent complexity of indigenous microbial community hinders us to mechanistically understand in situ PAE biodegradation and efficiently harness the degrading power of bacteria. The synthetic microbial ecology provides us a simple and controllable model system to address this problem. In this review, we focus on the current progress of PAE biodegradation mediated by bacterial isolates and indigenous bacterial communities, and discuss the prospective of synthetic PAE-degrading bacterial communities in PAE biodegradation research. It is anticipated that the theories and approaches of synthetic microbial ecology will revolutionize the study of bacteria-driven PAE biodegradation and provide novel insights for developing effective bioremediation solutions.

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Authors
Hu, R., Zhao, H., Xu, X., Wang, Z., Yu, K., Shu, L., Yan, Q., Wu, B., Mo, C., He, Z., & Wang, C.
Affiliations
  • Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
  • Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
  • Qiqihar University (CN)
  • Peking University (CN)
Corresponding author
Wang, Cheng
ORCID
Venue
Environment International
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-09
Volume
154
Pages
106560
ISSN
0160-4120 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.envint.2021.106560
OpenAlex
W3153543675
Cited by
176
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 7
FWCI
1.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Environment International (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (19lgpy165)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (52070196, 32000070, 311020005, 91951207)
  • Sun Yat-sen University (99318-18841205, 38000-1884120)
  • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keywords
phthalates, biodegradation, bioremediation, indigenous microbial communities, bacterial isolates
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Biodegradation, Environmental, Esters, Humans, Phthalic Acids, Prospective Studies

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