Article
Mutants of Pseudomonas cepacia G4 defective in catabolism of aromatic compounds and trichloroethylene.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 1991
Shields M S, Montgomery S O, Cuskey S M, Chapman P J, Pritchard P H
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas cepacia G4 possesses a novel pathway of toluene catabolism that is shown to be responsible for the degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE). This pathway involves conversion of toluene via o-cresol to 3-methylcatechol. In order to determine the enzyme of toluene degradation that is responsible for TCE degradation, chemically induced mutants, blocked in the toluene ortho-monooxygenase (TOM) pathway of...
Topics
- Catechols
- Cresols
- Molecular Structure
- Mutation
- Oxygen Consumption
- Oxygenases
- Phenols
- Pseudomonas
- Toluene
- Trichloroethylene