Desulfovibrio baarsii

The methanogen Methanosarcina barkeri is able to transform trichlorofiuoromethane (CFC-11) by successive loss of chlorine to produce chlorofiuoromethane (Figure 7.70a) (Krone and Thaner 1992). A similar transformation has been demonstrated in the presence of sulfate and bntyrate with a mixed cnltnre containing putatively Desulfovibrio baarsii and Desulfobacterpostgatei (Sonier et al. 1994). 

Lombard M, Fontecave M, Touati D, Niviere V. 2000. Reaction of the desulfoferre-doxin from Desulfovibrio baarsii with superoxide anion. Evidence for a superoxide reductase activity. J Biol Chem 275 115-21. 

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