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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2002, p. 2584-2588, Vol. 68, No. 5
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2584-2588.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Biotransformation of 2,7-Dichloro- and 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin by Sphingomonas wittichii RW1

Hyo-Bong Hong,1 Yoon-Seok Chang,1* In-Hyun Nam,1 Peter Fortnagel,2 and Stefan Schmidt1,2

School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea,1 Institut für Allgemeine Botanik der Universität Hamburg, Abteilung für Mikrobiologie, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany2

Received 26 September 2001/ Accepted 5 February 2002

Aerobic biotransformation of the diaryl ethers 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin by the dibenzo-p-dioxin-utilizing strain Sphingomonas wittichii RW1, producing corresponding metabolites, was demonstrated for the first time. Our strain transformed 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, yielding 4-chlorocatechol, and 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, producing 3,4,5,6-tetrachlorocatechol and 2-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrachlorophenol; all of these compounds were unequivocally identified by mass spectrometry both before and after N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamide derivatization by comparison with authentic standards. Additional experiments showed that strain RW1 formed a second metabolite, 2-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrachlorophenol, from the original degradation product, 3,4,5,6-tetrachlorocatechol, by methylation of one of the two hydroxy substituents.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea. Phone: 82 54 279 23281. Fax: 82 54 279 8299. E-mail: yschang{at}postech.ac.kr.


Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2002, p. 2584-2588, Vol. 68, No. 5
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.5.2584-2588.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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