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Diversity of methyl halide-degrading microorganisms in oceanic and coastal waters
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Cox, Michael J., Schäfer, Hendrik, Nightingale, Phillip D., McDonald, Ian R. and Murrell, J. C. (J. Colin) (2012) Diversity of methyl halide-degrading microorganisms in oceanic and coastal waters. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol.334 (No.2). pp. 111-118. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02624.x ISSN 03781097.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02624.x
Abstract
Methyl halides have a significant impact on atmospheric chemistry, particularly in the degradation of stratospheric ozone. Bacteria are known to contribute to the degradation of methyl halides in the oceans and marine bacteria capable of using methyl bromide and methyl chloride as sole carbon and energy source have been isolated. A genetic marker for microbial degradation of methyl bromide ( cmuA ) was used to examine the distribution and diversity of these organisms in the marine environment. Three novel marine clades of cmuA were identified in unamended seawater and in marine enrichment cultures degrading methyl halides. Two of these cmuA clades are not represented in extant bacteria, demonstrating the utility of this molecular marker in identifying uncultivated marine methyl halide-degrading bacteria. The detection of populations of marine bacteria containing cmuA genes suggests that marine bacteria employing the CmuA enzyme contribute to methyl halide cycling in the ocean.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Methane, Marine bacteria -- Genetics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | FEMS Microbiology Letters | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 03781097 | ||||
Official Date: | July 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.334 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 111-118 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02624.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC) | ||||
Grant number: | NE/C001/923/1 (NERC) |
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