“…A number of studies have investigated the catalytic activity of bioPd, demonstrating its use in remediative reactions such as the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) (Beauregard et al 2010;Mabbett et al 2006), the dehalogenation of chlorophenol, polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (Baxter-Plant et al 2003;De Windt et al 2005;Harrad et al 2007), trichloroethylene (Hennebel et al 2009a(Hennebel et al , 2009b, and the pesticide g-hexachlorocyclohexane (Mertens et al 2007), in "greener" chemical synthesis such as the hydrogenation of itaconic acid (Creamer et al 2007) and 2-pentyne , in Heck and Suzuki reactions (Bennett et al 2013;Deplanche et al 2014), and also in the application of bioPd as a fuel cell electrocatalyst to produce electricity from hydrogen (Orozco et al 2010;Yong et al 2007). In each case where the bioPd was compared with an abiotically produced palladium catalyst (finely divided or supported on a carbon matrix), the bioPd was more active than or at least as active as the commercially available alternative.…”