| Literature DB >> 24414490 |
K S Babu1, P V Ajith-Kumar, A A Kunhi.
Abstract
A mixed culture of a chlorobenzoate-(3-CBA)-degradingPseudomonas aeruginosa, strain 3mT, and a phenol/cresols-degradingPseudomonas sp., strain CP4, simultaneously and efficiently degraded mixtures of 3-CBA and phenol/cresols. However, strains 3mT and CP4 usedortho- andmeta-ring cleavage pathways, respectively. Degradation of 3-CBA was complete when the 3-CBA was equal in amount to or less than that of phenol. CP4/3mT inoculum ratios (w/w) of 1:1 or 1:2 gave the most effective degradation of both the substrates in the mixture. The mixed culture degraded equimolar mixtures of 3-CBA/phenol up to 10MM. Equimolar mixtures of 3-CBA ando-, m- orp-cresol were also degraded by the mixed culture.Entities:
Year: 1995 PMID: 24414490 DOI: 10.1007/BF00704636
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Microbiol Biotechnol ISSN: 0959-3993 Impact factor: 3.312