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Degradation of 1,3-dichloropropene by pseudomonas cichorii 170.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 1998
Poelarends G J, Wilkens M, Larkin M J, van Elsas J D, Janssen D B
Abstract excerpt
The gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas cichorii 170, isolated from soil that was repeatedly treated with the nematocide 1, 3-dichloropropene, could utilize low concentrations of 1, 3-dichloropropene as a sole carbon and energy source. Strain 170 was also able to grow on 3-chloroallyl alcohol, 3-chloroacrylic acid, and several 1-halo-n-alkanes. This organism produced at least three different dehalogenases: a...
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