4-nitrocatechol and 5-nitroguaiacol degradation by Rhodococcus opacus C6-1 isolated from soil
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| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | The 1st FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, Abstract Book. |
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| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Rhodococcus; 5-nitroguaiacol; 4-nitrocatechol; degradation; automatic spectrophotometry |
| Description | Degradation of 4-nitrocatechol and 5-nitroguajacol by a Rhodococcus species isolated from soil was reported. Degradation of 4-nitrocatechol is not connected with capability of degrade 4-nitrophenol in the case of the strain C6-1, in contrast to known bacteria degrading 4-nitrocatechol. 4-Nitrocatechol is used as sole source of carbon and nitrogen in concentration up to 0.5 mol.l-1. The yellow colour of substrate allows the using of method of automatic spectrophotometry (BIOSCREEN C) for detailed determination of degradation profile of 4-nitrocatechol. Resting cells experiments were used for determination of basic kinetic parameters of reactions. |
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