Reductive defluorination

[David Kafkewitz]

Does anyone know of any reports of defluorination of either alkyl or aryl
fluorinated compounds by bacteria ?
  Is there a thermodyanimc problem with respect to reductive
dehaolgenatation ?  

Thanks,
David Kafkewitz, Department of Biological Sciences,
 Rutgers University, Newark N.J. 07102, U.S.A.
 201 648 5865; fax: 201 648 1007
kafkwtz at andromeda.rutgers.edu