Bacterial degradation of benzalphthalide

  • World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 1992 May;8(3):324-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01201890.
S H Ganji  1 ,  B G Pujar
Affiliations
  • 1. Biochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, 580003, Dharwad, India.
PMID: 24425489 DOI: 10.1007/BF01201890
Abstract

APseudomonas sp., isolated by an enrichment culture technique, grew on benzalphthalide at up to 1 g/l as sole carbon source. Cells oxidized both benzalphthalide ando-phthalate at enhanced rates compared with glucose-grown cells, but catechol, gentisate and protocatechuate were oxidized slowly and equally by benzalphthalide-and glucose-grown cells.

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