title: Degradation of dichloroaniline isomers by a newly isolated strain, Bacillus megaterium IMT21.
abstract: An efficient 3,4-dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA)-mineralizing bacterium has been isolated from enrichment cultures originating from a soil sample with a history of repeated exposure to diuron, a major metabolite of which is 3,4-DCA. This bacterium, Bacillus megaterium IMT21, also mineralized 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5- and 3,5-DCA as sole sources of carbon and energy. These five DCA isomers were degraded via two different routes. 2,3-, 2,4- and 2,5-DCA were degraded via previously unknown dichloroaminophenol metabolites, whereas 3,4- and 3,5-DCA were degraded via dichloroacetanilide.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.|Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Xie-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh 160036, India.
authors.forename: Fazlurrahman
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Rinku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysical Dynamics, Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.|CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Janmejay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Roslyn G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mourant
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh 160036, India.
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Management of Crop Diseases and Pest Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing 210095, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Robyn J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Oakeshott
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Gunjan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D004237:Diuron / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007536:Isomerism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D003470:Culture Media; D006540:Herbicides; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C014464:3,4-dichloroaniline; D004237:Diuron