BIOTRANSFORMATION OF CHLOROMETHANE TO METHANETHIOL

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BRAUSSTROMEYER, SA [1 ]
COOK, AM [1 ]
LEISINGER, T [1 ]
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[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL, INST MICROBIOL, CH-8092 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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10.1021/es00045a012
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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Monochloromethane (MeCl) was biotransformed by a mixed culture of anaerobic bacteria which had been enriched to utilize dichloromethane as the sole source of carbon and energy. Cells grown in dichloromethane-salts medium catalyzed the transformation, whereas sucrose-grown cells were inactive. MeCl disappeared almost totally, and the methyl group was recovered in a yield of 80-90% as methanethiol and traces of dimethyl sulfide, whose identities were confirmed by GC-MS. The methyl transfer was heat-labile, and free aquocobalamin did not promote the reaction, which was apparently enzymically catalyzed.
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