Wide contamination of MPs including polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been reported in remote regions such as Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Microbial degradation of plastics is frequently coupled with lignocellulose-degrading enzymatic machinery. Given its status as a widespread biological sampler in Q...
Methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea produce and consume the greenhouse gas methane, respectively, using the reversible enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr). Recently, Mcr variants that can activate multi-carbon alkanes have been recovered from archaeal cultures. These enzymes, called alkyl-c...
Characterization of a commercial polyethylene (average Mw~4000, average Mn~1700) revealed the presence of low Mw alkanes and 2-ketones in the material. Based on gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry analyses, Acinetobacter guillouiae FS11 is able to metabolize these compounds. Proteomic analyses reve...
The marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium Thalassolituus oleivorans MIL-1 metabolises a broad range of aliphatic hydrocarbons almost exclusively as carbon and energy sources. We used LC-MS/MS shotgun proteomics to identify proteins involved in aerobic alkane degradation during growth on medi...
