US 12,252,423 B2
Biodegradation of fluorochemicals
Peter R. Jaffe, Princeton, NJ (US); and Shan Huang, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/279,918
Filed by The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/053506
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/069347, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,208, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,971, filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,322, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,255, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340042 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12N 1/20 (2006.01); B09C 1/10 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2023.01); C02F 11/02 (2006.01); C02F 101/36 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 3/342 (2013.01) [B09C 1/10 (2013.01); C02F 11/02 (2013.01); C02F 2101/36 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
 
1. A medium comprising:
an electron donor; a fluorochemical component; an electron acceptor; and a Feammox bacterium and/or one or more enzymes exhibiting reductive dehalogenase activity capable of fluorochemical degradation in conjunction with oxidation of the electron donor and electron transfer to the electron acceptor.