Dioxin degradation - Reference pathway
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Dioxin degradation - Reference pathway
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| Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds, including PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs, are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are resistant to environmental degradation. However, POPs can be degraded by certain microorganisms with acquisition of a novel set of enzymes, such as biphenyl degradation by Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 involving four novel enzymes encoded in operon-like structures [MD: M00543 ]. DDT, another POP, and carbazol are also known to be degraded in similar pathways. |
