Estos compuestos son producidos por la actividad agroindustrial del hombre. En primer lugar, porque permite estudiar los mecanismos de adaptaci n de bacterias frente a la presencia de compuestos org nicos novedosos, y por lo tanto, permite conocer los mecanismos de evoluci n metab lica. En segundo lugar, porque es la actividad catab lica de las bacterias el principal mecanismo de biorremediaci n de compuestos cloroarom ticos del medio ambiente. Bacterial degradation of chlorophenol pollutants. Catabolic gene transfer in the environment.
Chloroaromatic compounds are relevant environmental pollutants.
These compounds are produced by anthropogenic activity. My research interests are related with the study of the microbiological basis for the degradation of chlorophenolic compounds. Among others, two main reasons explain that interest. First, because the study of the mechanisms of adaptation in bacteria to the presence of novel organic compounds contributes to the knowledge of mechanisms of metabolic evolution. Second, because bacterial catabolic activity is the main mechanism of bioremediation of chloroaromatic pollutants in the environment.