Fate and metabolism of tetrabromobisphenol A in soil slurries without and with the amendment with the alkylphenol degrading bacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain TTNP3

Enhancing tetrabromobisphenol A biodegradation in river sediment microcosms and understanding the corresponding microbial community

“…Therefore, the increase of Ochrobactrum genus in the sediment microcosm samples within a 10-week incubation period is reasonable, because the bacterial community underwent continuous acclimation by TBBPA, the sole carbon source of Ochrobactrum. In addition, many previously documented TBBPA-degrading microbes, including the members of genera Comamonas, Achromobacter, Sphingomonas, Flavobacterium (Penget al, 2012;Li et al, 2014), Dehalobacter (Zhang et al, 2013), Bacillus and Rhodococcus (Chang et al, 2012a) were either minor genera or were not detected in the sediment microcosm bioaugmented with Ochrobactrum sp. T. These results demonstrated that Ochrobactrum sp.…”

“…T, without the subsequent aeration. Several other studies have shown that TBBPA can be reductively debrominated by the microbial communities in oxic or anoxic soil slurry, river sediment, and sewage sludge (Chang et al, 2012a;Potvin et al, 2012;Liu et al, 2013;Li et al, 2014).…”

Pollution profiles and risk assessment of PBDEs and phenolic brominated flame retardants in water environments within a typical electronic waste dismantling region

“…The pH values of the water samples across our study sites ranged from 7.1 to 8.5, which approximates or exceeds the pK a of TBBPA (pK a = 7.5; ESM Table S3) and thereby induces a relatively high aqueous solubility of TBBPA (Kuramochi et al 2008). Second, TBBPA can be biodegraded and transformed into less brominated phenolic BFRs under anoxic and anaerobic conditions (An et al 2011b;Liu et al 2013;Huang et al 2014a;Li et al 2014).…”

Silver ion post-column derivatization electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for determination of tetrabromobisphenol A derivatives in water samples

“…Recently, TBBPA derivatives, including both main TBBPA derivatives and byproducts, have been identied in environment samples. 13,[18][19][20][21][22] Therefore, as a large volume of these potentially-hazardous chemicals is produced, the environmental behavior and health effects of TBBPA and its derivatives should be monitored carefully.…”

“…20 Throughout pyrolysis, combustion and degradation of TBBPA and its derivatives, the decomposition products might also lead to a health and environmental risk. 3,19,[31][32][33] Therefore, TBBPA and its derivatives should be investigated carefully to avoid causing serious damage to human health.…”