title: Methyl chloride utilising bacteria are ubiquitous in the natural environment.
abstract: Enrichment and isolation of methyl chloride utilising bacteria from a variety of pristine terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine environments resulted in the detection of six new methyl chloride utilising Hyphomicrobium strains, strain CMC related to Aminobacter spp. and to two previously isolated methyl halide utilising bacteria CC495 and IMB-1, and a Gram-positive isolate SAC-4 phylogenetically related to Nocardioides spp. All the pristine environments sampled for enrichment resulted in the successful isolation of methyl chloride utilising organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McAnulla
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Murrell
mesh_terms: D020582:Hyphomicrobium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008737:Methyl Chloride / Q000378:metabolism*; D020580:Methylobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014873:Water Pollutants; D008737:Methyl Chloride