O-methylation of chlorinated phenols in the genus Rhodococcus

Autor: Häggblom, Max M., Janke, Dieter, Middeldorp, Peter J. M., Salkinoja-Salonen, Mirja S.
Zdroj: Archives of Microbiology; June 1989, Vol. 152 Issue: 1 p6-9, 4p
Abstrakt: The ability to O-methylate chlorinated phenols and phenol derivatives in the genus Rhodococcus was studied. Several species and strains O-methylated chlorophenols to the corresponding anisoles, namely R. equi, R. erythropolis, R. rhodochrous, and Rhodococcus sp. strains P1 and An 117. The ability for a strain to O-methylate chlorophenols did not require that it had been isolated from an environment containing a chlorinated aromatic compound. O-methylation activity was stimulated by the presence of carbohydrate. All strains preferentially O-methylated a substrate with the hydroxyl group flanked by two chlorine substitunts.
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