Metabolism of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole by Rhodococcus rhodochrous.
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, which is mainly used in the rubber industry as a vulcanization accelerator, is very toxic and is considered to be recalcitrant. We show here for the first time that it can be biotransformed and partially mineralized by a pure-culture bacterial strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Three metabolites, among four detected, were identified.
Haroune
Nicolas
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Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, UMR 6504 CNRS-Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France.
Combourieu
Bruno
B
Besse
Pascale
P
Sancelme
Martine
M
Kloepfer
Achim
A
Reemtsma
Thorsten
T
De Wever
Heleen
H
Delort
Anne-Marie
AM
D052160:Benzothiazoles; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008954:Models, Biological; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D052160:Benzothiazoles; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012722:Sewage; D013844:Thiazoles; C005563:captax