Degradation of high concentrations of cresols by Pseudomonas sp. CP4.

Aneez Ahamad, P. V. and Kunhi, A. A. M. (1999) Degradation of high concentrations of cresols by Pseudomonas sp. CP4. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 15. pp. 321-323.

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Abstract

Pseudomonas sp. CP4, a potent phenol-degrading laboratory isolate could mineralize all three isomers of cresol. This strain readily utilized up to 1.4, 1.1 and 2.2 g/l of o- m- and p-cresol, respectively as the sole sources of carbon and energy. These are the highest concentrations of cresols reported to be degraded by a bacterial strain. The rates of degradation of the three isomers were in the order: o- > p- > m-cresol. All the isomers of cresol were catabolized through a meta-cleavage pathway. Fairly high catechol 2,3-dioxy- genase (C230) activity against catechol was observed in the cell-free extracts of the culture grown on these compounds and were in the order: m- > o- > p-cresol.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cresols, Pseudomonas, Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 05 Industrial Microbiology
Divisions:	Food Microbiology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2012 06:12
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2018 06:59
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/2444

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