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. 1984 May;47(5):947-51.
doi: 10.1128/aem.47.5.947-951.1984.

Microbial biodegradation of 4-chlorobiphenyl, a model compound of chlorinated biphenyls

R Massé, F Messier, L Péloquin, C Ayotte, M Sylvestre

Microbial biodegradation of 4-chlorobiphenyl, a model compound of chlorinated biphenyls

R Massé et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1984 May.

Abstract

The biodegradation products of 4-chlorobiphenyl were analyzed in an Achromobacter sp. strain and a Bacillus brevis strain. Both strains generated the same metabolites, with 4-chlorobenzoic acid as the major metabolic product. Our results corroborate previous observations whereby most bacterial strains degrade the chlorobiphenyls via a major pathway which proceeds by an hydroxylation in position 2,3 and a meta-1,2 fission. However, we also detected several metabolites whose structure suggests the existence of other routes for the degradation of chlorinated biphenyls.

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