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. 1995 Dec;164(6):448-51.
doi: 10.1007/BF02529744.

Conversion studies with substrate analogues of toluene in a sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Tol2

R Rabus  1 , F Widdel
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Conversion studies with substrate analogues of toluene in a sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Tol2

R Rabus et al. Arch Microbiol. 1995 Dec.

Abstract

Anaerobic toluene oxidation by the sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Tol2 (proposed name Desulfobacula toluolica) was specifically inhibited by benzyl alcohol when added at concentrations around 500 microM. Benzyl alcohol added at lower, non-inhibitory concentrations (around 5 microM) was not oxidized by active cells pregrown on toluene, indicating that the alcohol is not a free intermediate of toluene metabolism in the sulfate reducer. Conversion of p-xylene in toluene-metabolizing cells to p-methylbenzoate as dead-end product suggests that the sulfate reducer, like denitrifiers, initiates toluene oxidation at the methyl group.

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