PMID- 22277240 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120405 LR - 20131121 IS - 0273-1223 (Print) IS - 0273-1223 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 4 DP - 2012 TI - Combination of hydrodechlorination and biodegradation for the abatement of chlorophenols. PG - 780-6 LID - 10.2166/wst.2012.909 [doi] AB - A method for abatement for chlorophenols (CPs) in contaminated water based on successive steps of catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC) over Pd/C at ambient temperature and pressure, followed by aerobic biodegradation using yeast Candida tropicalis (C. tropicalis) was studied. The results showed that 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) could be easily and completely dechlorinated under mild conditions, ultimately yielding phenol as product. Subsequently, phenol (0-900 mg L(-1)) could be completely degraded by C. tropicalis within 30 h. Moreover, during the biodegradation of phenol, definite mass of ethanol (