Organic micropollutants (OMP) pose a significant environmental challenge, and microbial degradation research typically involves monitoring parent compound depletion and metabolite production. Previous studies on the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX) have shown its incomplete biotransformation by either mixed microbial communities or acclimated pure bacterial across various concentrations. However, the mechanisms behind this in...

Dichloromethane (DCM, methylene chloride) is a toxic, high-volume industrial pollutant of long-standing. Anaerobic biodegradation is crucial for its removal from contaminated environments, yet prevailing mechanisms remain unresolved, especially concerning dehalogenation. In this study, we obtained an assembled genome of a novel DCM-degrading strain, Dehalobacterium formicoaceticum strain EZ94, from a stable DCM-degrading conso...