title: Biodegradation of dibenzofuran by Janibacter terrae strain XJ-1.
abstract: The dibenzofuran (DF)-degrading bacterium, Janibacter terrae strain XJ-1, was isolated from sediment from East Lake in Wuhan, China. This strain grows aerobically on DF as the sole source of carbon and energy; it has a doubling time of 12 hours at 30 degrees C; and it almost completely degraded 100 mg/L(-1) DF in 5 days, producing 2,2',3-trihydroxybiphenyl, salicylic acid, gentisic acid, and other metabolites. The dbdA (DF dioxygenase) gene cluster in the strain is almost identical to that on a large plasmid in Terrabacter sp. YK3. Unlike Janibacter sp. strain YY-1, XJ-1 accumulates gentisic acid rather than catechol as a final product of DF degradation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
authors.forename: Shiwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D049308:Dioxygenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005841:Gentisates / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D005841:Gentisates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C023614:dibenzofuran; D049308:Dioxygenases; D020156:Salicylic Acid; C010925:2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid