Corrigendum: Current State of Knowledge in Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A Review.

[This corrects the article on p. 1369 in vol. 7, PMID: 27630626.].

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.

Table 1

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. (.

Mackay and Shiu (.

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

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. (.

Comber et al. (.

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.