{"title":"Degradation of 4-Chlorobenzoic Acid by a Pseudomonas sp.","authors":"Uwe Klages, Franz Lingens","doi":"10.1016/S0172-5564(80)80002-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A bacterium capable of utilizing 4-chlorobenzoic acid as its sole carbon source was isolated from soil and tentatively identified as a species of <em>Pseudomonas</em>. The organism is also able to grow on the 4-chloro- and 4-bromo-derivatives of benzoate, phenylacetate, and phenylalanine.</p><p>During growth on 4-chlorobenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoate and protocatechuate were accumulated in the culture medium. Protocatechuate was broken down by ortho-fission and further metabolized via the β-ketoadipate pathway. In extracts of 4-chlorobenzoategrown cells, the enzymes responsible for the degradation of 4-chlorobenzoic acid were detected. 4-Chlorobenzoic acid proved to be the only inducer of the dehalogenating enzyme, of 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-hydroxylase and of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101294,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie: I. Abt. Originale C: Allgemeine, angewandte und ?kologische Mikrobiologie","volume":"1 3","pages":"Pages 215-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0172-5564(80)80002-9","citationCount":"41","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie: I. Abt. Originale C: Allgemeine, angewandte und ?kologische Mikrobiologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0172556480800029","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A bacterium capable of utilizing 4-chlorobenzoic acid as its sole carbon source was isolated from soil and tentatively identified as a species of Pseudomonas. The organism is also able to grow on the 4-chloro- and 4-bromo-derivatives of benzoate, phenylacetate, and phenylalanine.
During growth on 4-chlorobenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoate and protocatechuate were accumulated in the culture medium. Protocatechuate was broken down by ortho-fission and further metabolized via the β-ketoadipate pathway. In extracts of 4-chlorobenzoategrown cells, the enzymes responsible for the degradation of 4-chlorobenzoic acid were detected. 4-Chlorobenzoic acid proved to be the only inducer of the dehalogenating enzyme, of 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-hydroxylase and of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase.