Microbial degradation of quinoline and methylquinolines. [Pseudomonas aeruginosa]
- Univ. of Louisville, KY (USA)
Several bacterial cultures were isolated that are able to degrade quinoline and to transform or to degrade methylquinolines. The degradation of quinoline by strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa QP and Pseudomonas. putida QP produced hydroxyquinolines, a transient pink compound, and other undetermined products. The quinoline-degrading strains of P. aeruginosa QP and P. putida QP hydroxylated a limited number of methylquinolines but could not degrade them, nor could they transform 2-methylquinoline, isoquinoline, or pyridine. Another pseudomonad, Pseudomonas sp. strain MQP, was isolated that could degrade 2-methylquinoline. P. aeruginosa QP was able to degrade or to transform quinoline and a few methylquinolines in a complex heterocyclic nitrogen-containing fraction of a shale oil. All of the quinoline- and methylquinoline-degrading strains have multiple plasmids including a common 250-kilobase plasmid. The 225-, 250-, and 320-kilobase plasmids of the P. aeruginosa QP strain all contained genes involved in quinoline metabolism.
- OSTI ID:
- 6749813
- Journal Information:
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA), Journal Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA) Vol. 56:2; ISSN 0099-2240; ISSN AEMID
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
AZAARENES
AZINES
BACTERIA
BIODEGRADATION
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GENES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
METABOLISM
MICROORGANISMS
MINERAL OILS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLASMIDS
PSEUDOMONAS
PYRIDINES
QUINOLINES
SHALE OIL
SHALE OIL FRACTIONS