title: Biodegradation of biphenyl by the ascomycetous yeast Debaryomyces vanrijiae.
abstract: Cells of the yeast strain Debaryomyces vanrijiae SBUG 770, grown with glucose, converted biphenyl to 4-hydroxybiphenyl as the major metabolite. In addition, 2-hydroxybiphenyl was formed in minor amounts. No further degradation of these substances was detected. However, these monohydroxylated derivatives were oxidised by alkane-grown cells in the presence of the co-metabolic substrate, tetradecane. Under these conditions 2-hydroxybiphenyl was oxidised to 2,5-dihydroxybiphenyl, and 4-hydroxybiphenyl was rapidly metabolised by formation of two major metabolites. One was identified as 3,4-dihydroxybiphenyl. Characterisation of the second product as 4-phenylmuconolactone points to a further metabolism of the initially formed dihydroxylated biphenyl via ortho-ring fission.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Specht
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Francke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schauer
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D003470:Culture Media; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; C010574:biphenyl