title: Nitrosubstituted aromatic compounds as nitrogen source for bacteria.
abstract: Bacteria which utilized nitroaromatic compounds (0.5 mM) as sole source of nitrogen were isolated from soil. With 2,6-dinitrophenol and succinate as carbon source, a Pseudomonas strain was isolated which liberated and assimilated nitrite. Approximately 2 mol of NO(2) per mol of 2,6-dinitrophenol was released by resting cells. The xenobiotic compound was totally degraded, although specific growth yields were low even with succinate as a carbon source.
authors.affiliation: Chemische Mikrobiologie, Bergische Universität-GH, D-5600 Wuppertal 1, and Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruhn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lenke
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Knackmuss