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. 1983 Nov;46(5):1176-81.
doi: 10.1128/aem.46.5.1176-1181.1983.

Metabolism of Halophenols by 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading Pseudomonas cepacia

J S Karns, J J Kilbane, S Duttagupta, A M Chakrabarty

Metabolism of Halophenols by 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading Pseudomonas cepacia

J S Karns et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 Nov.

Abstract

Resting cells of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid-grown Pseudomonas cepacia AC1100 were able to completely and rapidly dechlorinate several chlorine-substituted phenols, including 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, and pentachlorophenol. Several other trichlorophenols were only partially dechlorinated. The evidence suggests that 2,4,5-trichlorophenol is an intermediate in the degradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid by strain AC1100. Moreover, although strain AC1100 was isolated by selection for growth on a chlorinated aromatic compound, brominated and fluorinated analogs were efficiently dehalogenated by strain AC1100 resting cells, whereas an iodinated analog was poorly dehalogenated.

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