Isolated from sediment of the creek Spittelwasser, which contains high loads of chlorinated contaminants, including polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and heavy metals such as arsenic.
Poritz M, Goris T, Wubet T, Tarkka MT, Buscot F, Nijenhuis I, Lechner U, Adrian L
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Genome sequences of two dehalogenation specialists - Dehalococcoides mccartyi strains BTF08 and DCMB5 enriched from the highly polluted Bitterfeld region.