Abstract
Anaerobic toluene oxidation by the sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Tol2 (proposed nameDesulfobacula toluolica) was specifically inhibited by benzyl alcohol when added at concentrations around 500 μM. Benzyl alcohol added at lower, non-inhibitory concentrations (around 5 μM) was not oxidized by active cells pregrown on toluene, indicating that the alcohol is not a free intermediate of toluene metabolism in the sulfate reducer. Conversion ofp-xylene in toluene-metabolizing cells top-methylbenzoate as dead-end product suggests that the sulfate reducer, like denitrifiers, initiates toluene oxidation at the methyl group.
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Rabus, R., Widdel, F. Conversion studies with substrate analogues of toluene in a sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Tol2. Arch. Microbiol. 164, 448–451 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02529744
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