Mixed pollutant degradation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing either soluble or particulate methane monooxygenase: can the tortoise beat the hare?

@article{Lee2006MixedPD,
  title={Mixed pollutant degradation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing either soluble or particulate methane monooxygenase: can the tortoise beat the hare?},
  author={S. Lee and David R Keeney and Dong-hee Lim and Alan A DiSpirito and Jeremy D Semrau},
  journal={Applied and environmental microbiology},
  year={2006},
  volume={72 12},
  pages={
          7503-9
        }
}

• S. Lee, David R Keeney, +2 authors Jeremy D Semrau
• Published 2006 in Applied and environmental microbiology

Methanotrophs have been widely investigated for in situ bioremediation due to their ubiquity and their ability to degrade halogenated hydrocarbons through the activity of methane monooxygenase (MMO). It has been speculated that cells expressing the soluble form of MMO (sMMO) are more efficient in cleaning up sites polluted with halogenated hydrocarbons due to its broader substrate range and relatively fast degradation rates compared cells expressing the other form of MMO, the particulate MMO… CONTINUE READING

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