Biotransformation of alkyl and aryl carbonates. Microbial degradation.
An enriched mixed culture was successfully grown on model alkyl and aryl carbonates. These compounds were degraded by microorganisms at different rates. P-Chlorophenyl-2-octyl carbonate and p-nitrobenzyl-2-octyl carbonate were metabolized through the formation of p-chlorophenol and p-nitrobenzyl alcohol respectively. A strain of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus isolated from the mixed culture utilized phenyl-2-octyl carbonate by an intracellular hydrolase to phenol and 2-octanol which were further metabolized.
Istituto di Microbiologia ed Industrie Agrarie, Università di Torino, Italy.
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D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000378:metabolism; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology; D001711:Biotransformation; D002254:Carbonates / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D000473:Alkanes; D002254:Carbonates