Mineralization of the dibenzothiophene biodegradation products 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene sulfone.
Dibenzothiophene is degraded to 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene by various bacteria, including a strain of Pseudomonas putida that also forms dibenzothiophene sulfone via an alternate pathway. By using these end products as substrates, mixed enrichment cultures that could degrade 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene sulfone with the formation of CO2 were established.
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Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292.
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D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000378:metabolism*
D008903:Minerals; D013876:Thiophenes; C058517:dibenzothiophene 5-oxide; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C058516:3-hydroxy-2-formylbenzothiophene; C016366:dibenzothiophene