Capable of growing on cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cDCE) as a sole carbon and energy source and may be useful for bioremediation of chlorinated solvent-contaminated sites.
Isolated from a granular activated-carbon filter treating chloroethene-contaminated groundwater.
Mattes TE, Alexander AK, Richardson PM, Munk AC, Han CS, Stothard P, Coleman NV
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The genome of Polaromonas sp. strain JS666: insights into the evolution of a hydrocarbon- and xenobiotic-degrading bacterium, and features of relevance to biotechnology.