Isolation, identification and characterization of 2,2-dichloropropionic acid utilizing bacteria

2,2-dichloropropionic acid (2,2-DCP) is an artificial halogenated compound used as herbicide. A bacterium able to utilize 2,2-DCP as sole carbon source was isolated from soil in Melaka rubber estate. The bacterium was identified as Labrys sp. strain Wy1 using bacterium's 16S rRNA partial sequen...

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Main Author: Wong, Wen Yong (Author)
Format: Thesis
Published: 2013-03.
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