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I am particularly interested in our species' ability to degrade organic pollutants (hydrocarbon metabolism). Many pollution sites have high salt concentrations, inhibiting the use of many common bacterial cleaners. However, the use of halophiles may solve this problem...<br>
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== Degradation of several xenobiotics by Halomicrobium mukohataei ==
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KEGG pathways that I have found viable genes for in the H. mukohataei genome:<br>
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<li>Benzoate degradation via hydroxylation</li>
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<li>Caprolactam degradation</li>
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<li>Styrene degradation</li>
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Possibly others, but either the gaps in other pathways are due to H. mukohataei possessing an alternate gene rather than one that is already known to exist in other genomes, or that a gene has not been identified in any genomes at all and requires wet-lab experiments to determine the sequence of the gene. These unknown genes must exist in several organisms, because the protein that they produce has been identified.<br>
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== Benzoate degradation via hydroxylation ==
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<br>
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== Caprolactam degradation ==
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<br>
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== Styrene degradation ==
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== Other potential biodegradable xenobiotics ==
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 30 September 2009

Degradation of several xenobiotics by Halomicrobium mukohataei

KEGG pathways that I have found viable genes for in the H. mukohataei genome:

  • Benzoate degradation via hydroxylation
  • Caprolactam degradation
  • Styrene degradation

Possibly others, but either the gaps in other pathways are due to H. mukohataei possessing an alternate gene rather than one that is already known to exist in other genomes, or that a gene has not been identified in any genomes at all and requires wet-lab experiments to determine the sequence of the gene. These unknown genes must exist in several organisms, because the protein that they produce has been identified.

Benzoate degradation via hydroxylation


Caprolactam degradation


Styrene degradation


Other potential biodegradable xenobiotics