title: [Degradation of phenanthrene by mutant strains--naphthalene degraders].
abstract: Five naphthalene- and salicylate-utilizing Pseudomonas putida strains cultivated for a long time on phenanthrene produced mutants capable of growing on this substrate and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate as the sole sources of carbon and energy. The mutants catabolize phenanthrene with the formation of 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate, 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoate, salicylate, and catechol. The latter products are further metabolized by the meta- and ortho-cleavage pathways. In all five mutants, naphthalene and phenanthrene are utilized with the involvement of plasmid-borne genes. The acquired ability of naphthalene-degrading strains to grow on phenanthrene is explained by the fact that the inducible character of the synthesis of naphthalene dioxygenase, the key enzyme of naphthalene and phenanthrene degradation, becomes constitutive.
authors.affiliation: Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia. kosheleva@ibpm.serpukhov.su
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kosheleva
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Balasova
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Izmalkova
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Filonov
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Slepen'kin
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boronin
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009154:Mutation; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D009281:Naphthalenes; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C031721:naphthalene; C031181:phenanthrene
vernacular_title: Degradatsiia fenantrena mutantnymi shtammami--destruktorami naftalina.