title: [Analysis of the anaerobic microbial community capable of degrading p-toluene sulphonate].
abstract: Three strains of Clostridium sp., 14 (VKM B-2201), 42 (VKM B-2202), and 21 (VKM B-2279), two methanogens, Methanobacterium formicicum MH (VKM B-2198) and Methanosarcina mazei MM (VKM B-2199), and one sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfovibrio sp. SR1 (VKM B-2200), were isolated in pure cultures from an anaerobic microbial community capable of degrading p-toluene sulfonate. Strain 14 was able to degrade p-toluene sulfonate in the presence of yeast extract and bactotryptone and, like strain 42, to utilize p-toluene sulfonate as the sole sulfur source with the production of toluene. p-Toluene sulfonate stimulated the growth of Ms. mazei MM on acetate. The sulfate-reducing strain Desulfovibrio sp. SR1 utilized p-toluene sulfonate as an electron acceptor. The putative scheme of p-toluene sulfonate degradation by the anaerobic microbial community is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia. shcherb@ibpm.serpukhov.su
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shcherbakova
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chuvil'skaia
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Golovchenko
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Suzina
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lysenko
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Laurinavichus
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Akimenko
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003013:Clostridium / Q000378:metabolism; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000378:metabolism; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism; D017014:Methanobacterium / Q000378:metabolism; D017020:Methanosarcina / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D014105:Tosyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D014105:Tosyl Compounds; D008697:Methane; C029501:4-toluenesulfonic acid