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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1405-1412, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Initial Reactions in the Biodegradation of 1-Chloro-4-Nitrobenzene by a Newly Isolated Bacterium, Strain LW1

Eleftheria Katsivela,1,* Victor Wray,2 Dietmar H. Pieper,1 and Rolf-Michael Wittich1

Division of Microbiology,1 and Department of Molecular Structure Research,2 GBF---National Research Centre for Biotechnology, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany

Received 28 September 1998/Accepted 6 January 1999

Bacterial strain LW1, which belongs to the family Comamonadaceae, utilizes 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene (1C4NB) as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. Suspensions of 1C4NB-grown cells removed 1C4NB from culture fluids, and there was a concomitant release of ammonia and chloride. Under anaerobic conditions LW1 transformed 1C4NB into a product which was identified as 2-amino-5-chlorophenol by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. This transformation indicated that there was partial reduction of the nitro group to the hydroxylamino substituent, followed by Bamberger rearrangement. In the presence of oxygen but in the absence of NAD, fast transformation of 2-amino-5-chlorophenol into a transiently stable yellow product was observed with resting cells and cell extracts. This compound exhibited an absorption maximum at 395 nm and was further converted to a dead-end product with maxima at 226 and 272 nm. The compound formed was subsequently identified by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry as 5-chloropicolinic acid. In contrast, when NAD was added in the presence of oxygen, only minor amounts of 5-chloropicolinic acid were formed, and a new product, which exhibited an absorption maximum at 306 nm, accumulated.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Microbiology, GBF---National Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Phone: 49 531 6181409. Fax: 49 531 6181411. E-mail: EKA{at}gbf.de.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1405-1412, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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