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Degradation of chlorinated biphenyls and products of their bioconversion by Rhodococcus sp. B7a strain

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Strain Rhodococcus sp. B7a isolated from artificially polluted soil destructs mono- and di-substituted ortho- and/or para-chlorinated biphenyls with utilization of chlorinated benzoic acids and shows high degradation activity as regards trichlorinated biphenyls. It is shown that p-hydroxybenzoic and protocatehoic acids are the products of p-chlorobenzoic acid catabolism.

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Abbreviations

POP:

persistent organic polluters

PCB:

polychlorinated biphenyls

CB:

chlorobiphenyl

CBA:

chlorobenzoic acid

para-CB:

para-chlorobiphenyl

ortho-CB:

orthochlorobiphenyl

BP:

nonchlorated biphenyl

LB:

Luria-Bertani medium

PHBA:

para-hydroxybenzoic acid

PCA:

protocatechuic acid

2-CBA:

2-chlorobenzoic acid

4-CBA:

4-chlorobenzoic acid

2,4-D:

2,4-dichlorphenoxy acetic acid

ACU:

amount of colony-creating units

2-CB:

2-chlorobiphenyl

4-CB:

4-chlorobiphenyl

2,2′-CB:

2,2′-dichlorobiphenyl

2,4′-CB:

2,4′-dichlorobiphenyl

4,4′-CB:

4,4′-dichlorobiphenyl

2,4,2′-CB:

2,4,2′-trichlorobiphenyl

2,4,4′-CB:

2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl

HOPDA:

hydroxy-6-oxo-(chlorophenyl)hexa-2,4-dienoic acid

TAC:

tricarbonic acid cycle.

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Original Russian Text © D.O. Egorova, E.S. Shumkova, V.A. Demakov, E.G. Plotnikova, 2010, published in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 644–650.

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Egorova, D.O., Shumkova, E.S., Demakov, V.A. et al. Degradation of chlorinated biphenyls and products of their bioconversion by Rhodococcus sp. B7a strain. Appl Biochem Microbiol 46, 592–598 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683810060062

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