Isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater treatment facility of a herbicide manufacturer.
Degrades the chloroacetanilide herbicides alachlor, acetochlor, and butachlor via N-dealkylation.
Chen Q, Wang CH, Deng SK, Wu YD, Li Y, Yao L, Jiang JD, Yan X, He J, Li SP
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Novel three-component Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase system catalyzing the N-dealkylation of chloroacetanilide herbicides in sphingomonads DC-6 and DC-2.