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Comparative Study
. 1991 Oct;36(1):120-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF00164711.

Degradation of dioxane, tetrahydrofuran and other cyclic ethers by an environmental Rhodococcus strain

D Bernhardt  1 , H Diekmann
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Comparative Study

Degradation of dioxane, tetrahydrofuran and other cyclic ethers by an environmental Rhodococcus strain

D Bernhardt et al. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

By enrichment and isolation techniques bacterial strains with the capacity to grow on aliphatic cyclic ethers (dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, 1,3-dioxolane) have been isolated. Six strains that degrade tetrahydrofuran were classified as belonging to the genus Rhodococcus. One of two strains that degrade dioxane instead of or in combination with tetrahydrofuran was further characterized and a hypothetical catabolic pathway comprising an initial 2-hydroxylation and several oxidation steps is postulated.

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