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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 539-543Publisher
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DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000043149.61562.3f
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Comamonas sp.; intermediates; metabolism; quinoline
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An aerobic bacterial strain which can use quinoline as the sole carbon and energy source has been isolated from activated sludge and identified as Comamonas sp. The microbial metabolism of quinoline by this strain has been investigated. A pH 8 and a temperature of 30 degreesC were the optimum degradation conditions of quinoline. Five intermediates including 2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline, 5-hydroxy-6-(2-carboxyethenyl)-1H-2-pyridone, 6-hydroxy-2oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline, 5,6-dihydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline, and 8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline were found during quinoline biodegradation. The presence of these intermediates suggested that at least two pathways were involved for quinoline degradation by Comamonas sp. and a reasonable degradation route was proposed to account for the intermediates observed.
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