Chloroform cometabolism by butane-grown CF8, Pseudomonas butanovora, and Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 and methane-grown Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b
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Microbiological research shows that the enzyme butane monooxygenase plays a direct role in chloroform degradation in butane-grown bacteria. Bacterial butane-grown cultures of Pseudomonas butanovora need exogenous reductant to achieve CF degradation. However, butane-grown Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 uses endogenous reductants to achieve degradation. The chloroform degrader Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b degrades chloroform more efficiently than the other bacteria.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1997
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Diversity in butane monooxygenases among butane-grown bacteria
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Research was conducted to determine the biochemical characteristics of butane monooxygenase in three strains of butane-grown bacteria. Results indicate each of the strains studied contained a distinct form of the enzyme.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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Two distinct monooxygenases for alkane oxidation in Nocardioides sp. strain CF8
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Researchers present evidence that Nocardioides sp. strain CF8 has two different alkane monooxygenases. One is expressed in cells grown on alkanes above C(sub 6).
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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