Recently evolved combination of unique sulfatase and amidase genes enables bacterial degradation of the wastewater micropollutant acesulfame worldwide
M. L. Bonatelli, T. Rohwerder, D. Popp, Y. Liu, C. Akay, C. Schultz, K.-P. Liao, C. Ding, T. Reemtsma, L. Adrian, S. Kleinsteuber
The paper identifies two bacterial genes enabling acesulfame degradation, showing their recent evolution and global spread through plasmid transposition.
bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology