Discovery of the 1-naphthylamine biodegradation pathway reveals a broad-substrate-spectrum enzyme catalyzing 1-naphthylamine glutamylation.

1-Naphthylamine (1NA), which is harmful to human and aquatic animals, has been used widely in the manufacturing of dyes, pesticides, and rubber antioxidants. Nevertheless, little is known about its environmental behavior and no bacteria have been reported to use it as the growth substrate. Herein, we describe a pathway for 1NA degradation in the isolate sp.

A cytochrome P450 system initiates 4-nitroanisole degradation in Rhodococcus sp. strain JS3073.

Nitroanisoles are used widely as synthetic intermediates and explosives. Although bacteria have been reported to degrade 4-nitroanisole (4NA) under aerobic conditions, the key enzymes and the catalytic mechanism have remained elusive. Rhodococcus sp.

Physiological Role of the Previously Unexplained Benzenetriol Dioxygenase Homolog in the sp. Strain SJ98 4-Nitrophenol Catabolism Pathway.

4-Nitrophenol, a priority pollutant, is degraded by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria via 1,2,4-benzenetriol (BT) and hydroquinone (HQ), respectively. All enzymes involved in the two pathways have been functionally identified. So far, all Gram-negative 4-nitrophenol utilizers are from the genera Pseudomonas and But it remains a mystery why , an apparently superfluous BT 1,2-dioxygenase-encoding gene, always coexists in the catabolic cluster () encoding 4-nitrophenol degradation via HQ.

A novel esterase DacA from sp. strain NyZ500 with deacetylation activity for acetylated polymer polyvinyl alcohol.

As a water-soluble polymer, the widely used polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is produced from hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate. Microbial PVA carbon backbone cleavage via a two-step reaction of dehydrogenation and hydrolysis has been well studied. Content of acetyl group is a pivotal factor affecting performance of PVA derivatives in industrial application, and deacetylation is a non-negligible part in PVA degradation.

Tahibacter caeni sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge.

A Gram-reaction-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterial strain, designated BUT-6(T), was isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater-treatment facility. The strain grew at 15-35 °C (optimum 30 °C), pH 4.0-10.

Rhodoligotrophos jinshengii sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge.

A Gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile, ovoid, aerobic bacterial strain, designated BUT-3(T), was isolated from activated sludge from the wastewater treatment facility of a herbicide-manufacturing plant in Kunshan city, Jiangsu province, PR China. Strain BUT-3(T) grew between 15 and 40 °C, with optimum growth at 30 °C. The pH range for growth was between 5.

Novel three-component Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase system catalyzing the N-dealkylation of chloroacetanilide herbicides in sphingomonads DC-6 and DC-2.

Sphingomonads DC-6 and DC-2 degrade the chloroacetanilide herbicides alachlor, acetochlor, and butachlor via N-dealkylation. In this study, we report a three-component Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase (RHO) system catalyzing the N-dealkylation of these herbicides. The oxygenase component gene cndA is located in a transposable element that is highly conserved in the two strains.

Chryseomicrobium aureum sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from activated sludge.

A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterial strain, designated BUT-2(T), was isolated from activated sludge of one herbicide-manufacturing wastewater-treatment facility in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China, and subjected to polyphasic taxonomic studies. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain BUT-2(T) shared the highest similarity with Chryseomicrobium amylolyticum (98.98%), followed by Chryseomicrobium imtechense (98.