Bacterial oxidation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons acenaphthene and acenaphthylene. [Beijerinckia sp]

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5930753

Schocken, M J; Gibson, D T

A Beijerinckia sp. and a mutant strain, Beijerinckia sp. strain B8/36, were shown to cooxidize the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons acenaphthene and acenaphthylene. Both organisms oxidized acenaphthene to the same spectrum of metabolites, which included 1-acenaphthenol, 1-acenaphthenone, 1,2-acenaphthenediol, acenaphthenequinone, and a compound that was tentatively identified as 1,2-dihydroxyacenaphthylene. In contrast, acenaphthylene was oxidized to acenaphthenequinone and the compound tentatively identified as 1,2-dihydroxyacenaphthylene by the wild-type strain of Beijerinckia. Both of these products were also formed when the organism was incubated with synthetic cis-1,2-acenaphthenediol. A metabolite identified as cis-1,2-acenaphthenediol was formed from acenaphthylene by the mutant Beijerinckia sp. strain B8/36. Cell extracts prepared from the wild-type Beijerinckia strain contain a constitutive pyridine nucleotide-dependent dehydrogenenase which can oxidize 1-acenaphthenol and 9-fluorenol. The results indicate that although acenaphthene and acenaphthylene are both oxidized to acenaphthenequinone, the pathways leading to the formation of this end product are different.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas, Austin
• OSTI ID: 5930753
• Journal Information: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; (United States) Vol. 48:1; ISSN AEMID
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACENAPHTHENE
AROMATICS
BACTERIA
BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
HYDROCARBONS
METABOLISM
METABOLITES
MICROORGANISMS
MUTANTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDOREDUCTASES
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS