title: Aerobic degradation of 2-sulphobenzoic acid by Pseudomonas strain SB(W).
abstract: A 2-sulphobenzoic acid-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas sp. strain SB(W), was isolated from creosote-contaminated soil. It used this compound as its sole carbon, sulphur and energy source, and gave a nearly stoichiometric release of sulphate from 2-sulphobenzoic acid. It did not grow on 3- to 4- sulphobenzoic acids. Isolated SB(W) produced two transient metabolites. The first to appear, and the more abundant metabolite, was identified as 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid. The second metabolite was identified as salicylic acid. Both of these compounds served as growth substrates for the isolates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fedorak
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D001565:Benzoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D001565:Benzoates; C028805:2-sulfobenzoic acid