title: Degradation of 2-bromobenzoic acid by a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing 2-bromobenzoic acid, designated 2-BBZA, was isolated by enrichment culture from municipal sewage. It degraded all four 2-halobenzoates as well as certain 3-halo- and dihalobenzoates, though none of the 4-halobenzoates supported growth of this organism. 3-Hydroxybenzoate and 3-chlorocatechol were respective inhibitors of salicylate and catechol oxidation: when each was added separately to resting cells incubated with 2-bromobenzoate, salicylate and catechol were found. Oxygen uptake data suggest that the same dehalogenase may be involved in the oxidation of 2-bromo-, 2-chloro-, and 2-iodobenzoates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521.
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Higson
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Focht
mesh_terms: D001970:Bromobenzoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001970:Bromobenzoates; D003470:Culture Media; D012722:Sewage; D010100:Oxygen