BACTERIAL OXIDATION OF BENZENE
- 1 March 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 81 (3), 425-+
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.81.3.425-430.1961
Abstract
Two organisms, a strain of a Pseudomonas species and one of a Mycobacterium species, capable of oxidizing benzene as a sole carbon source, were isolated from soil by an enrichment culture technique. Both organisms oxidized benzene manometrically with sufficient oxygen uptake to account for oxidation to carbon dioxide and water. A metabolic pathway for the breakdown of benzene via 3,5-cyclohexadiene-l,2-diol and catechol is proposed. Phenol and o-benzoquinone are not probable intermediates in the oxidation of benzene by these organisms.Keywords
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