Anaerobic Degradation and Transformation of p -Toluidine by the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfobacula toluolica
| Autor: | Thomas Gorontzy, Karl-Heinz Blotevogel, Klaus Steinbach, Magarete Kleinschmidt, Tim Raber |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Biphenyl Compounds General Medicine Biodegradation Phenylacetic acid Biology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Bacteria Anaerobic chemistry.chemical_compound Metabolic pathway Aniline chemistry Carboxylation Organic chemistry Tolonium Chloride Toluidine Sulfate-reducing bacteria Chromatography High Pressure Liquid Phenylacetates Methyl group |
| Zdroj: | Current Microbiology. 37:172-176 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0991 0343-8651 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s002849900359 |
| Popis: | The ability of the strictly anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobacula toluolica (strain Tol2) to cometabolically degrade p-toluidine (p-methylaniline) while using toluene as the primary source of carbon and energy has been studied. This organism has been shown to modify and degrade toluidine in dense cell suspensions when no other source of carbon and energy is added. The metabolism led to the formation of a variety of metabolites. From these metabolites a biphenyl-like compound as well as phenylacetic acid have been identified by means of HPLC/MS techniques. The probable conversion of p-toluidine to p-aminophenylacetic acid and phenylacetic acid as dead end products suggested that this organism initiates p-toluidine degradation by the carboxylation of the methyl group. If this could be validated in further experiments, it would be the first time that a toluidine was carboxylated at the methyl moiety by an anaerobic, sulfate-reducing bacterium. |
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