Metabolism of 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,4-and 3, 5-dichloro-l-nitrobenzenes by Mucor javanicus and metabolites of 2,4-dichloro-l-nitrobenzene (2,4-DCNB) by seven fungi were investigated. The dichloronitrobenzenes were reduced predominantly to the corresponding benzenamines by M., javanicus. In addition to the benzenamine derivatives, minor metabolites in which an ortho-chlorine atom was substituted with a methylthio group were detected in the medium of M. javanicus administered 2,3-and 2,4-DCNB. More or less amounts of 2,4-dichlorobenzenam.ine and 4-chloro-2-methylthio-l-nitrobenzene were detected as metabolites of 2,4-DCNB also in the media of 1V7. griseo-cyanus, M. hiemalis, M. praini and Aspergillus flavus. * Microbial Metabolism of Chlorinated Nitrobenzenes (Part 2). Part 1, see Ref. 1). ** To whom reprint requests should be addressed.