Sheng Huang, Long Ma, Ming Him Tong, Yi Yu, David O'Hagan and Hai Deng
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 4828-4831
DOI:
10.1039/C4OB00970C,
Communication
Genome sequencing identified a fluorinase gene in the marine bacterium Streptomyces xinghaiensis NRRL B-24674. Fermentation of the organism with inorganic fluoride (2 mM) demonstrated that the organism could biosynthesise fluoroacetate and that fluoroacetate production is sea-salt dependent. This is the first fluorometabolite producing microorganism identified from the marine environment.