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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Sep 1997, 3458-3462, Vol 63, No. 9
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Mineralization of 4-Chlorodibenzofuran by a Consortium Consisting of Sphingomonas sp. Strain RW1 and Burkholderia sp. Strain JWS

H Arfmann, KN Timmis and R Wittich
Division of Microbiology, GBF-National Research Centre for Biotechnology, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany

The dibenzofuran-degrading bacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1 (R.-M. Wittich, H. Wilkes, V. Sinnwell, W. Francke, and P. Fortnagel, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:1005-1010, 1992) attacks 4-chlorodibenzofuran on the unsubstituted aromatic ring via distal dioxygenation adjacent to the ether bridge to produce 3(prm1)-chloro-2,2(prm1),3-trihydroxybiphenyl, which was identified by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The compound is subsequently meta cleaved, and the respective intermediate is hydrolyzed to form a C-5 moiety, which is further degraded to Krebs cycle intermediates and to 3-chlorosalicylate. This dead-end product is released into the culture medium. A coculture of strain RW1 and the 3,5-dichlorosalicylate-degrading strain Burkholderia sp. strain JWS (A. Schindowski, R.-M. Wittich, and P. Fortnagel, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 84:63-70, 1991) is able to completely degrade 4-chlorodibenzofuran with concomitant release of Cl(sup-) and formation of biomass.

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