TABLE 1.
Bacterial methyl iodide production in the presence of 0.1 μM iodide
| Organism | CH3I production (fmol day−1 1010 cells−1) (mean ± SD, n = 3) |
|---|---|
| Terrestrial bacteria | |
| Arthrobacter oxydans JCM 2521 | 0 |
| Curtobacterium citreum JCM 1345 | 0 |
| Deinococcus grandis JCM 6269 | 0 |
| Escherichia coli DH5α | 0 |
| Methylobacterium sp. strain MRCD 18 | 9.0 ± 1.0 |
| Pseudomonas straminae JCM 2783 | 13.2 ± 3.3 |
| Rhizobium sp. strain MRCD 19 | 428.1 ± 6.1 |
| Rhodococcus equi JCM 1311 | 5.0 ± 1.0 |
| Variovorax sp. strain MRCD 30 | 908.8 ± 121.3 |
| Zoogloea sp. strain MRCD 32 | 11.0 ± 0.3 |
| Marine bacteria | |
| Alteromonas macleodii IAM 12920 | 56.8 ± 0.8 |
| Deleya aquamarina IAM 12550 | 0 |
| Deleya marina IAM 14107 | 5.4 ± 0.4 |
| Oceanospirillum comune IAM 12914 | 0 |
| Photobacterium leiognathi NCIMB 2193 | 40.4 ± 1.0 |
| Photobacterium phosphoreum IAM 14401 | 22.2 ± 2.6 |
| Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis IAM 12915 | 6.0 ± 0.7 |
| Shewanella putrefaciens IAM 12079 | 2.2 ± 0.3 |
| Vibrio alginolyticus NCIMB 1903 | 0 |
| Vibrio splendidus NCIMB 1 | 42.2 ± 10.0 |