Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) has been recognized as a groundwater contaminant due to its
widespread distribution and potential threat to human health. The limited understanding of …

Four methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE)-degrading bacteria were isolated from a processing
plant in Malaysia. Based on 16S rDNA sequences, the four isolates were identified as …

Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and its degradation by-product, tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), are
widespread contaminants detected frequently in groundwater in California. Since MTBE was …

Among the few bacteria known to utilize methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) as a sole carbon
source, Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1 is a well-characterized organism with a sequenced …

The methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) metabolic pathway was partially elucidated in
Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2012 by identifying the degradation intermediates …

Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1 is a methylotroph distinguished by its ability to completely
metabolize the fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Strain PM1 also degrades …

Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a widely used gasoline oxygenate, has been added to
gasoline over the past 25 years to increase the octane rating and reduce air pollution from …

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is a ground water contaminant with plausible carcinogenic
properties. Mycobacterium sp. strain ENV421 cometabolically degrades MTBE and other …

Soluble butane monooxygenase (sBMO), a three-component di-iron monooxygenase
complex expressed by the C2–C9 alkane-utilizing bacterium Thauera butanivorans, was …

ABSTRACT A strain that efficiently degraded methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was obtained by
initial selection on the recalcitrant compound tert-butyl alcohol (TBA). This strain, a gram …