Sphingobium chlorophenolicum
General Information
| Sphingobium chlorophenolicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Sphingobium |
| Species: | S. chlorophenolicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphingobium chlorophenolicum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001 | |
Sphingobium Chlorophenolicum is a species of bacteria.
Sphingobium chlorophenolicum strain L-1 is of interest to researchers because it can mineralise the toxic pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP). [1] [2]
Discovery
Sphingobium Chlorophenolicum was first found in the PCP abundant groundwater, near farms after its use in the 1930's. PCP is highly toxic, and understanding the methods by which this Bacteria decomposes PCP can help gain insight into the most efficient processes by which PCP is broken down, what enzymes are used, and improving upon these could result in the cleaning up of potentially harmful groundwater.[3]
References
- Copley SD, Rokicki J, Turner P, Daligault H, Nolan M, Land M (2012). "The whole genome sequence of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1: insights into the evolution of the pentachlorophenol degradation pathway". Genome Biology and Evolution. 4 (2): 184–98. doi:10.1093/gbe/evr137. PMC 3318906. PMID 22179583.
- "Why sequence Sphingobium chlorophenolicum?". DOE Joint Genome Institute. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Hlouchova, Klara; Rudolph, Johannes; Pietari, Jaana M. H.; Behlen, Linda S.; Copley, Shelley D. (2012-05-08). "Pentachlorophenol Hydroxylase, a Poorly Functioning Enzyme Required for Degradation of Pentachlorophenol by Sphingobium chlorophenolicum". Biochemistry. 51 (18): 3848–3860. doi:10.1021/bi300261p. ISSN 0006-2960. PMC 4251658. PMID 22482720.
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