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. 1992 Sep;58(9):2933-7.
doi: 10.1128/aem.58.9.2933-2937.1992.

Initial hydrogenation during catabolism of picric acid by Rhodococcus erythropolis HL 24-2

H Lenke  1 , H J Knackmuss
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Initial hydrogenation during catabolism of picric acid by Rhodococcus erythropolis HL 24-2

H Lenke et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1992 Sep.

Abstract

Rhodococcus erythropolis HL 24-2, which was originally isolated as a 2,4-dinitrophenol-degrading bacterium, could also utilize picric acid as a nitrogen source after spontaneous mutation. During growth, the mutant HL PM-1 transiently accumulated an orange-red metabolite, which was identified as a hydride-Meisenheimer complex of picric acid. This complex was formed as the initial metabolite and further converted with concomitant liberation of nitrite. 2,4,6-Trinitrocyclohexanone was identified as a dead-end metabolite of the degradation of picric acid, indicating the addition of two hydride ions to picric acid.

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