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Functional genomics of dichloromethane utilization in Methylobacterium extorquens DM4.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2011
Muller Emilie E L, Hourcade Edith, Louhichi-Jelail Yousra, Hammann Philippe, Vuilleumier Stéphane, Bringel Françoise
Abstract excerpt
Dichloromethane (CH(2)Cl(2) , DCM) is a chlorinated solvent mainly produced by industry, and a common pollutant. Some aerobic methylotrophic bacteria are able to grow with this chlorinated methane as their sole carbon and energy source, using a DCM dehalogenase/glutathione S-transferase encoded by dcmA to transform DCM into two molecules of HCl and one molecule of formaldehyde, a toxic intermediate of...
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