Volunteer: Román Ramírez
Román Ramírez is a PhD candidate in Biosciences and Technology of bioactive products at the University of Campinas (Brazil). He was born in Colombia, where he obtained his master’s degree in microbiology at the National University of Colombia. Currently, his research is focused on the development of plant-derived antimicrobial compounds against MDR microbes. Román was professor and researcher in Colombia, acting in areas as clinical microbiology and bioactivity of natural products.
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roman_Ramirez-Rueda2
Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation
FEMS Microbiology Ecology is proud to present this latest thematic issue on Anaerobic Biological Dehalogenation. Knowledge on anaerobic microbial dehalogenation has advanced significantly since its first discovery. Understanding of the biochemistry, physiology and ecology of organohalide-respiring bacteria (OHRB) has allowed development of bioremediation technologies for clean-up of contaminated sites. At the same time, a fundamental understanding of the processes, enzymes and organisms involved has allowed to discover new exciting features in biochemistry and microbiology. OHRB are either members of novel bacterial genera or already known ones with other metabolic features indicating the importance of horizontal gene transfer in this anaerobic respiration process. Reductive dehalogenases, thus far discovered, are all corrinoid-containing enzymes revealing unexpected biochemical features of this cofactor normally known to be involved in alkyl-transfer reactions. This special thematic issue shows nicely that there remains still a lot to be discovered regarding anaerobic biological dehalogenation.
