Bacterial degradation of styrene involving a novel flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent styrene monooxygenase

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA)

OSTI ID:6610432

Hartmans, S; Van Der Werf, M J; De Bont, J A.M. ^[1]

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1. Agricultural Univ., Wageningen (Netherlands)

By using styrene as the sole source of carbon and energy in concentrations of 10 to 500 {mu}M, 14 strains of aerobic bacteria and two strains of fungi were isolated from various soil and water samples. In cell extracts of 11 of the bacterial isolates, a novel flavin adenine dinucleotide-requiring styrene monooxygenase activity that oxidized styrene oxide (phenyl oxirane) was detected. In one bacterial strain (S5), styrene metabolism was studied in more detail. In addition to styrene monooxygenase, cell extracts from strain S5 contained styrene oxide isomerase and phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase activities. A pathway for styrene degradation via styrene oxide and phenylacetaldehyde to phenylacetic acid is proposed.

• OSTI ID: 6610432
• Journal Information: Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA), Vol. 56:5; ISSN 0099-2240
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BACTERIA
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STYRENE
BIODEGRADATION
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ISOMERASES
OXIDOREDUCTASES
OXYGENASES
SOILS
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENZYMES
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