Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds by Acinetobacter

Biological Remediation of Petroleum Contaminants

“…These key intermediates are subjected to one of the two ring-cleavage pathways, either to an extra-diol (meta) or to an intra-diol (ortho) cleavage-type pathway (Harayama et al 1999). In the majority of the cases, ortho-fission of catechol by catechol 1,2 dioxygenase and of prototechuate by protocatechuate 3,4 dioxygenase has been demonstrated (Fewson 1991).…”

The Toxicity of Substituted Phenolic Compounds to a Detoxifying and an Acetic Acid Bacterium

“…Such systems are known to exist in the form of the glucose oxidase system in some Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strains (Müller and Babel, 1986;Duine, 1991;Loffhagen et al, 1995a) and of the xylose oxidase system in Acetobacter xylinum (Buchert and Viikari, 1988). In this paper, the susceptibility of respiration and electron transport-coupled phosphorylation of ADP of the detoxifying bacterium A. calcoaceticus 69-V (one of a group of bacteria which is involved in the biodegradation of xenobiotics, e.g., aromatic compounds (Fewson, 1991)) and Acetobacter methanolicus MB 58 (an acetic acid bacterium which is capable of carrying out many incomplete oxidations, e.g., the production of acetic and gluconic acid from ethanol and glucose (Steudel et al, 1980;Uhlig et al, 1986)) to substituted phenols was investigated and compared.…”

Chemicals and heat generate different protein patterns in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

“…To further clarify how this stress response is involved in the development of resistance to toxic chemicals, bacteria which are able to degrade xenobiotics, e.g. species of the genus Acinetobacter (FEWSON, 1991, LOFFHAGEN et al 1994), ought to be investigated. The induction of proteins by 2-chlorophenol has been found in Pseudomonasputida (LUPI er al.…”