Front. Microbiol. Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbiol. 1664-302X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01837 Microbiology Correction Corrigendum: Current State of Knowledge in Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A Review Ghosal Debajyoti 1 Ghosh Shreya 2 Dutta Tapan K. 3 * Ahn Youngho 1 2 * 1Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Yeungnam University Gyeongsan, South Korea 2Disasters Prevention Research Institute, Yeungnam University Gyeongsan, Korea 3Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute Kolkata, India

Edited and reviewed by: Pankaj Kumar Arora, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, India

*Correspondence: Tapan K. Dutta tapan@jcbose.ac.in

Youngho Ahn yhahn@ynu.ac.kr

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Due to an inadvertent error, Louvado et al. (2015) was noted cited in the footnotes of Table 1. The corrected Table 1 along with the footnote appears below. The authors apologize for this error. This does not affect the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.

Physical-chemical properties and some relevant information of 16 PAHs enlisted as priority pollutants by US EPA.

Name Molecular formula Cas registry no. Physical chemical properties Toxicology Biodegradation
B. Pt. (°C) M.Pt (°C) V.P. (mmHg at 25°C)a Solubility (mg/L)a, b TEFa, c IARCa, d EPAa, e Estimated half-lives (days)a, f Measured half-lives (days)a, g
Naphthalene C10H8 91-20-3 218 80.2 8.5 × 10−2 31 n.d. 2B C 5.66 n.d.
Acenaphthene C12H10 83-32-9 279 93.4 2.5 × 10−3 3.93 0.001 3 D 18.77 n.d.
Acenaphthylene C12H8 208-96-8 280 91.8 6.68 × 10−3 1.93 0.001 n.c. D 30.7 n.d.
Anthracene C14H10 120-12-7 342 216.4 6.53 × 10−6 0.076 0.01 3 D 123 2.7
Phenanthrene C14H10 85-01-8 340 100.5 1.2 × 10−4 1.20 0.001 3 D 14.97 5
Fluorene C13H10 86-73-7 295 116-7 6.0 × 10−4 1.68–1.98 0.001 3 D 15.14 n.d.
Fluoranthene C16H10 206-44-0 375 108.8 9.22 × 10−6 0.20–0.26 0.001 3 D 191.4 9.2
Benzo[a]anthracene C18H12 56-55-3 438 158 4.11 × 10−3 0.010 0.1 2B B2 343.8 >182
Chrysene C18H12 218-01-9 448 254 6.23 × 10−9 1.5 × 10−3 0.010 2B B2 343.8 n.d.
Pyrene C16H10 129-00-0 150.4 393 4.5 × 10−6 0.132 0.001 3 D 283.4 151
Benzo[a]pyrene C20H12 50-32-8 495 179 5.49 × 10−9 3.8 × 10−3 1.0 1 B2 421.6 11
Benzo[b]fluoranthene C20H12 205-99-2 481 168.3 5.0 × 10−7 0.0012 n.d. 2B B2 284.7 n.d.
Benzo[k]fluoranthene C20H12 207-08-9 480 215.7 9.7 × 10−10 7.6 × 10−4 0.1 2B B2 284.7 n.d.
Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene C22H14 53-70-3 524 262 9.55 × 10−10 5.0 × 10−4 n.d. 2A B2 511.4 n.d.
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene C22H12 191-24-2 500 277 1.0 × 10−10 2.6 × 10−5 n.d. 3 D 517.1 n.d.
Indenol[1,2,3-cd]pyrene C22H12 193-39-5 536 161-3 1.25 × 10−3 0.062 n.d. 2B B2 349.2 n.d.

Data for vapor pressure, solubility, toxicology, and biodegradation has been adapted from Louvado et al. (2015) and the references therein.

Mackay and Shiu (1977).

Toxic equivalent factor relatively to Benzo[a]pyrene (Chang et al., 2014).

International Agency for Research on Cancer Classification Monographs Volume 1–111 updated 18 February 2015 (1, carcinogenic to humans; 2A, probably carcinogenic to humans; 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans; 3, not classifiable as carcinogenic to humans; n.c., not classified).

EPA carcinogenic classification: A, human carcinogenic; B1 and B2: probable human carcinogenic; C, possible human carcinogenic; D, not Classifiable as to human carcinogenicity; E, evidence of non-carcinogenicity for humans.

Estimation using BioHCwin software v1.01 on EPI Suite software develop by Howard et al. (2005).

Comber et al. (2012); n.d., not determined.

 Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

This study was supported by the Yeungnam University Research Grant (2015).

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