Research Progress on Microbial Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are widely used in plastics, textiles, and electronics for their excellent ability of preventing fires. However, BFRs cause adverse effects on human health and environment for their bioaccumulation, persistence and biotoxicant. Although it is predicted that microbial remediation will bring bright prospect for the purification of BFRs-contaminated environment, less research has been done about the microbial degradation of BFRs. In this paper, we reviewed the recent progresses on microbial degradation of BFRs, including anaerobic degradation, aerobic degradation and other kinds of microbial degradation. In addition, we discussed the problems and challenges in 1044 微生物学通报 2010, Vol.37, No.7 http://journals.im.ac.cn/wswxtbcn this field, and the future exploitation of the anaerobic debromination.

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