Degradation of lindane by cell-free preparations of Clostridium sphenoides
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (2), 222-224
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.34.2.222-224.1977
Abstract
Cell-free preparation of Clostridium sphenoides degraded the insecticide lindane, the gamma-isomer of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane, to the gamma-isomer of 3,4,5,6-tetrachloro-1-cyclohexene. The activity appeared to be associated with the membrane fraction and required reduced glutathione. The tetrachlorocy-clohexene intermediate was further metabolized by the membrane fraction to unknown substances.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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