Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, California, USA
Abstract
Chlorobenzene is a commonly used toxic solvent and listed as a priority environmental pollutant by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Here, we report that
Escherichia coli
TG1 cells expressing toluene
o
-xylene monooxygenase (ToMO) can successfully oxidize chlorobenzene to form dihydroxy chloroaromatics, which are valuable industrial compounds.
Funder
HHS | National Institutes of Health
CSU | Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology, California State University
U.S. Department of Education
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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