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Summary: ARTICLE
Biphenyl and Ethylbenzene Dioxygenases of
Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Transform PBDEs
Kristin R. Robrock,1
William W. Mohn,2
Lindsay D. Eltis,2
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen1,3
1
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
California; telephone: 510-643-5969; fax: 510-643-5264; e-mail: alvarez@ce.berkeley.edu
2
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute,
University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
3
Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California
Received 16 June 2010; revision received 31 August 2010; accepted 2 September 2010
Published online 24 September 2010 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/bit.22952
ABSTRACT: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a
class of flame retardants that have been widely used in
consumer products, but that are problematic because of
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