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Detection and isolation of chloromethane-degrading bacteria from the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere, and characterization of chloromethane utilization genes.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Aug 2011
Nadalig Thierry, Farhan Ul Haque Muhammad, Roselli Sandro, Schaller Hubert, Bringel Françoise, Vuilleumier Stéphane
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Chloromethane gas is produced naturally in the phyllosphere, the compartment defined as the aboveground parts of vegetation, which hosts a rich bacterial flora. Chloromethane may serve as a growth substrate for specialized aerobic methylotrophic bacteria, which have been isolated from soil and wa...
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