Abstract
Human activity over the past century has caused large-scale environmental pollution. By characterizing bacteria indigenous to these polluted niches, microbiologists can identify mechanisms by which bacteria degrade contaminants, either to detoxify their habitat or for use as food and energy sources. Detailed analyses of the completed genomes of these degraders have produced many insights into their biology.
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Seth-Smith, H., Bentley, S. Where there's muck there's microbes. Nat Rev Microbiol 4, 646–647 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1497
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