Table 2.
Overview of the different environmental contaminants that were successfully degraded with a bio‐Pd catalyst, together with the reaction mechanism and the Pd‐reducing species used in the study.
| Compound | Type of reaction | Polluted environmental compartment | Pd‐reducing species | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr(VI) | Reduction | Industrial wastewaters | D. desulfuricans D. vulgaris E. coli | Humphries and Macaskie (2005); Mabbett et al. (2006) |
| C. pasteurianum | Chidambaram et al. (2010) | |||
| ClO4‐ | Reduction | Groundwater and drinking water | S. oneidensis | De Windt et al. (2006) |
| Polychlorobifenyls (PCBs) | Dechlorination (1–10 Cl) | Air, water, soil, sediments | D. desulfuricans D. vulgaris | Baxter‐Plant et al. (2003) |
| S. oneidensis | De Windt et al. (2005) | |||
| Chlorophenols | Dechlorination (1 Cl) | D. desulfuricans D. vulgaris | Baxter‐Plant et al. (2003) | |
| Lindane | Dechlorination (6 Cl) | Soil and groundwater | S. oneidensis | Mertens et al. (2007) |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | Dechlorination (3 Cl) | Groundwater | S. oneidensis | Hennebel et al. (2009b) |
| Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Debromination (1–10 Br) | Indoor air and dust | D. desulfuricans | Harrad et al. (2007); Deplanche et al. (2009) |
| Iodinated contrast media (ICM) | Deiodination (3 I) | Wastewaters and surface waters | S. oneidensis | Hennebel et al. (2010); Forrez et al. (2011) |
| C. braakii | Hennebel et al. (2011c) |