[Isolation, Identification of a p-tert-Butylcatechol-Degradaing Strains and Optimization for Its Degradation by Response Surface Methodology].

A bacterial strain YHl that used p-tert-Butylcatechol (TBC) as the sole carbon and energy source was isolated from the activated sludge of the wastewater treatment plant of a chemical factory. The strain was identified as Pseudomonas corrugate by morphological characteristics, physiological and biochemical properties, BIOLOG and the 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The degration rate of TBC was above 82% with an initial concentration of 500 mg.