Abstract
A Micrococcus sp., isolated by enrichment culture, grew on 4-chlorobiphenyl at 2 g/l as sole carbon source and produced 4-chlorobenzoic acid in the culture medium as a dead-end metabolite. The organism degraded 4-chlorobiphenyl by 2,3-dihydroxylation followed by meta-ring cleavage to yield 4-chlorobenzoate and carbon fragments for cell growth.
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Bevinakatti, B.G., Ninnekar, H.Z. Biodegradation of 4-chlorobiphenyl by Micrococcus species. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 9, 607–608 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386308
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386308