Biodegradation of formaldehyde by a formaldehyde-resistant bacterium isolated from seawater.
A formaldehyde-tolerant bacterium designated as a DM-2 strain was used to biodegrade formaldehyde. The cells, precultivated in the presence of 400 ppm of formaldehyde, were able to degrade formaldehyde in a minimal medium supplemented with up to 400 ppm of formaldehyde in the presence of 3% NaCl. The rate of formaldehyde degradation achieved in this study was 45 ppm/h when the DM-2 culture's optical density at 660 nm was 1.2.
Yamazaki
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Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan.
Tsugawa
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Sode
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
D003470:Culture Media; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D005557:Formaldehyde