Effect of acclimation on methanogenic degradation of chlorophenols

摘要

Chlorophenols are highly toxic and persistent in the environment. Several millions of pounds of chlorinated phenols and chlorophenol based compounds are manufactured and used every year.~1 Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and tetrachlorophenols (TCP) are widely used in the paper pulp industry and also as wood preservative. Chlorophenols (CP) are also extensively used in the preparation of pesticides and in the synthesis of more complex compounds. They are widely used in the preparation of fungicides and as precursors in the synthesis of herbicides. Chlorophenols are also formed during the disinfection of wastewater containing phenols and in chlorine bleaching processes of cellulose.