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Possible mechanisms for the metabolism of chloromethane by methylotrophs. Each of the possible pathways, i.e., hydrolytic, monooxygenase dependent, and methyltransferase-dehydrogenase dependent, follows a stoichiometry of CH3Cl + 3/2 O2 → CO2 + H2O + HCl.
