In their pioneering work, Breslow et al. used synthetic porphyrins (porphyrins are essential constituents of monooxygenases) for oxygen atom transfer to both saturated and unsaturated systems 9.

unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats. Their differences, which determine their effect on your health, are defined by each fat's chemical composition and the bonds between the fatty acid molecules.

The microorganisms discovered by UCR scientists and their collaborators can cleave those stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds, they report July 17 in the journal Science Advances.