Jd. Allpress et Pc. Gowland, Biodegradation of chlorinated paraffins and long-chain chloroalkanes by Rhodococcus sp S45-1, INT BIO BIO, 43(4), 1999, pp. 173-179
A strain of the genus Rhodococcus, designated isolate S45-1, was isolated f
rom an environmental water sample by enrichment, using the chlorinated para
ffin Cereclor S45 as the sole carbon and energy source. This is the first r
eport of microbial utilisation of chlorinated paraffins as sole source of c
arbon and energy. Biochemical studies of isolate S45-1 revealed little simi
larity with other Rhodococcus species. Isolate S45-1 was able to utilise 1-
chloroalkanes of chain-length 12-18C as sole source of carbon and energy. G
as chromatography-mass spectrometry of the reaction medium indicated that g
amma-butyrolactone was formed as a product of 1-chlorotetradecane metabolis
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