title: para-hydroxybenzoate as an intermediate in the anaerobic transformation of phenol to benzoate.
abstract: Anaerobic phenol transformation was studied using a consortium which transformed phenol to benzoate without complete mineralization of benzoate. Products of monofluorophenol transformation indicated para-carboxylation. Phenol and benzoate were detected during para-hydroxybenzoate (p-OHB) degradation. p-OHB was detected in phenol-transforming cultures containing 6-hydroxynicotinic acid (6-OHNA), a structural analogue of p-OHB, or at elevated initial concentrations of phenol (greater than or equal to 5 mM), or benzoate (greater than or equal to 10 mM).
authors.affiliation: Technical Resources, Inc. c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Sabine Island, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Genthner
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001565:Benzoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007700:Kinetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010226:Parabens / Q000378:metabolism*; D019800:Phenol; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D010226:Parabens; D010636:Phenols; D019800:Phenol; D019817:Benzoic Acid; C038193:4-hydroxybenzoic acid