title: Isolation of a bacterium possessing a haloacid dehalogenase from a marine sediment core.
abstract: A monobromoacetic acid-resistant bacterium, Bacillus strain I37c, was isolated from a marine sediment core. The strain grew in a medium containing 1.8 mg mL(-1) of monobromoacetic acid. It produced constitutively a 2-haloacid dehalogenase that catalyzed the dehalogenation of monobromoacetic acid, monochloroacetic acid, and both L- and D-2-chloropropionic acid. The optimal pH and temperature for the activity measured using a partly purified enzyme were similar to those of known group I haloacid dehalogenases.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sako