Epoxidation of aldrin to exo-dieldrin by soil bacteria.
Twenty-two strains of soil bacteria, including representatives of the genera Bacillus, Micromonospora, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Streptomyces, Thermoactinomyces, and Pseudomonas and 10 unidentified gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, were shown to degrade aldrin to its epoxide dieldrin. In every case, the exo-stereoisomer of dieldrin was produced exclusively.
D000452:Aldrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000378:metabolism; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004026:Dieldrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000378:metabolism; D009615:Nocardia / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D004026:Dieldrin; D000452:Aldrin