Degradation of p-chlorocresol by facultative Thauera sp. strain DO.

ABSTRACT: In this work, Thauera sp. DO isolated from sludge and sediment utilized p-chlorocresol and some related compounds as the sole carbon and energy sources under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The pathways for p-chlorocresol in the isolate under each condition were different. Under the aerobic condition, p-chlorocresol was degraded via two separate pathways. The first was the reductive dehalogenation reaction, in which the substrate was transformed to m-cresol followed by the catechol degradation pathway, and the second aerobic pathway for p-chlorocresol was the methyl oxidation to 4-chlorobenzoate. Under the anaerobic conditions, p-chlorocresol was rapidly dechlorinated in the first step to m-cresol, followed by sevaral steps pri

SUBMITTER: Ha DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature