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SUBMITTER: Farhan Ul Haque M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730606 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farhan Ul Haque Muhammad M Besaury Ludovic L Nadalig Thierry T Bringel Françoise F Mutterer Jérôme J Schaller Hubert H Vuilleumier Stéphane S
Scientific reports 20171214 1
Chloromethane (CH<sub>3</sub>Cl) is a toxic gas mainly produced naturally, in particular by plants, and its emissions contribute to ozone destruction in the stratosphere. Conversely, CH<sub>3</sub>Cl can be degraded and used as the sole carbon and energy source by specialised methylotrophic bacteria, isolated from a variety of environments including the phyllosphere, i.e. the aerial parts of vegetation. The potential role of phyllospheric CH<sub>3</sub>Cl-degrading bacteria as a filter for plant ...[more]