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1. Introduction According to the European Green Deal, net carbon dioxide emissions within the European Union (EU) should be reduced to zero by 2050. To achieve this, several metals and materials are needed as components of green technology. The EU is striving for higher domestic production of these materials to increase resilience for the green transition and stabilize political security [1].

We thank the authors for their interest in our work and for their comments. We were fully aware that our findings, that PFOA and PFOS can be defluorinated by the novel Acidimicrobium sp. strain A6, did challenge the belief that perfluorinated compounds may not be degradable. Hence, we did spend an extra year prior to publishing our results repeating the experiments and analyses multiple times, varying the electron donor for Acidimicrobium sp.

The overall objective of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)1 is two-fold: To contribute to the protection of privacy and personal data and to promote the free flow of personal data within the protected area2 through uniform regulations and homogenized interpretations of those regulations.3 If a controller or processor in the protected area (the exporter) transfers personal data to a country, region, or international organization outside the EEA, the exporter gets the advantage of...