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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, p. 7373-7376, Vol. 72, No. 11
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01374-06
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Simultaneous Biodetoxification of S, N, and O Pollutants by Engineering of a Carbazole-Degrading Gene Cassette in a Recombinant Biocatalyst ^,

Bo Yu, Cuiqing Ma, Wenjuan Zhou, Shanshan Zhu, Ying Wang, Jingyao Qu, Fuli Li, and Ping Xu^*

State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China

Received 14 June 2006/ Accepted 14 August 2006

The gene cassette encoding enzymes responsible for degrading carbazole to anthranilic acid was introduced into a dibenzothiophene degrader. The resultant strain, Rhodococcus erythropolis XPDN, could simultaneously transform the model pollutants dibenzothiophene, carbazole, and dibenzofuran to nontoxic metabolites and may have an application potential for bioremediation.

Published ahead of print on 25 August 2006.

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Present address: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.

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