- Stereospecific degradation of phenylsuccinate by actinomycetes.
Stereospecific degradation of phenylsuccinate by actinomycetes.
Chemosphere (2009-07-08)
Toru Matsui, Katsuya Kato, Tomoyuki Namihira, Naoya Shinzato, Hisashi Semba
PMID19580991
초록
Racemic phenylsuccinate was stereospecifically degraded by the actinomycetes PS9 and PS17 isolated from soil obtained from Okinawa Island, Japan. Strain PS9, identified as a Citricoccus sp., preferentially degraded the R-form, while strain PS17, identified as a Microbacterium sp., preferentially degraded the S-form of phenylsuccinate. Analysis of the culture broths of these species with phenylsuccinate as the sole carbon source revealed that benzoic acid was produced as a metabolic intermediate. Benzoic acid was further degraded by strain PS9 with m- and/or p-hydroxybenzoic acid but not o-hydroxybenzoic acid as possible intermediates.
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