title: Degradation of quinoline by a soil bacterium.
abstract: From garden soil a bacterium was isolated which grew aerobically in mineral salts medium with quinoline as sole C source and NH4+ as N source. During growth with quinoline, 2-hydroxyquinoline accumulated in the culture fluid and later disappeared. Whole cells oxidized 2-hydroxyquinoline, 2,6-dihydroxyquinoline and 2,7,8,-trihydroxyquinoline as rapidly as quinoline and without a lag. Catechol was oxidized more slowly by meta-cleavage but at an increasing rate indicative of adaptation. A number of derivatives of benzene and pyridine were not attacked. Whole cells oxidized 2,7,8,-trihydroxyquinoline to a yellow meta-cleavage product which was not further degraded. The following pathway is proposed: quinoline leads to 2-hydroxyquinoline leads to 2,6-dihydroxyquinoline leads to a trihydroxyquinoline (probably not the 2,7,8-compound, but possibly the 2,5,6-compound).
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002396:Catechols / Q000378:metabolism; D002474:Cell-Free System; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006912:Hydroxyquinolines / Q000378:metabolism; D009016:Moraxella / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D011804:Quinolines / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D002396:Catechols; D006912:Hydroxyquinolines; D011804:Quinolines; D010105:Oxygenases