Abstract
A pseudomonad has been isolated from sewage, which can utilize 3-chlorobenzoic acid as a sole carbon source. In cells grown on benzoate the enzymes of the β-ketoadipic acid pathway are present. Considerable enzymic activities for chlorinated substrates were found in benzoate grown cells only for the oxygenation of 3-chlorobenzoate and the dehydrogenation of 3- and 5-chloro-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol-1-carboxylic acid. 3-Chlorobenzoate grown cells show additional high activities for the turnover of 3- and 4-chlorocatechols and chloromuconic acids.
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Abbreviations
- DHB:
-
(-)-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol-1-carboxylic acid (derived from the trivial name, dihydrodihydroxybenzoate)
- 3- and 5-Cl-DHB correspondingly:
-
3- and 5-chloro-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol-1-carboxylic acid
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Dorn, E., Hellwig, M., Reineke, W. et al. Isolation and characterization of a 3-chlorobenzoate degrading pseudomonad. Arch. Microbiol. 99, 61–70 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00696222
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