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Pseudomonas putida MST, previously isolated in the presence of α-methylstyrene, has been shown to transform several substituted aromatic compounds. It was able to modify halogenated aromatic compounds by co-oxidation. It regiospecifically hydroxylates chlorobenzene and 2-chlorophenol to 3-chlorocatechol, and 4-chlorophenol to 4-chlorocatechol; both metabolites were identified in the cultures.
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Bestetti, G., Galli, E., Leoni, B. et al. Regioselective hydroxylation of chlorobenzene and chlorophenols by a Pseudomonas putida . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 37, 260–263 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178181
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