DEGRADATION OF PYRIDINE BY ARTHROBACTER-CRYSTALLOPOIETES AND RHODOCOCCUS-OPACUS STRAINS

Authors
ZEFIROV NS AGAPOVA SR TERENTIEV PB BULAKHOVA IM VASYUKOVA NI MODYANOVA LV
Citation
Ns. Zefirov et al., DEGRADATION OF PYRIDINE BY ARTHROBACTER-CRYSTALLOPOIETES AND RHODOCOCCUS-OPACUS STRAINS, FEMS microbiology letters, 118(1-2), 1994, pp. 71-74
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
118
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
71 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1994)118:1-2<71:DOPBAA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two pyridine-degrading microorganisms Arthrobacter crystallopoietes (V KM Ac-1334D) and Rhodococcus opacus (VKM Ac-1333D) were isolated from soil. The Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy analysis showed that th e former species formed 3-hydroxypyridine, 2,3- and 2,6-dihydroxypyrid ines during its growth in media containing pyridine, while the latter formed 2-hydroxy- and 2,6-dihydroxypyridines as degradation intermedia tes. Products of the pyridine ring cleavage (5-amino-2-oxo-4-pentenoic acid and 3-pentenoic acid monoamide) were also detected.