Pesticides removal from aqueous streams through anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment processes

The role and mechanisms of microbes in dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its residues bioremediation

“…Microbial DDT mineralization is the process by which DDT and its metabolites are converted into water and carbon dioxide in cells and some tissues under the influence or direction of biological organic matter ( Fig. 2 ) [ 51 , 107 ]. Biologically induced mineralization and biologically regulated mineralization are two mechanisms of microbial DDT-mineralization.…”