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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2004, p. 6315-6319, Vol. 70, No. 10
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6315-6319.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Metabolism of 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole by Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Nicolas Haroune,1 Bruno Combourieu,1 Pascale Besse,1 Martine Sancelme,1 Achim Kloepfer,2 Thorsten Reemtsma,2 Heleen De Wever,3 and Anne-Marie Delort1*

Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière, France,1 Department of Water Quality Control, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2 Vito, Mol, Belgium3

Received 19 November 2003/ Accepted 22 May 2004

ABSTRACT

2-Mercaptobenzothiazole, which is mainly used in the rubber industry as a vulcanization accelerator, is very toxic and is considered to be recalcitrant. We show here for the first time that it can be biotransformed and partially mineralized by a pure-culture bacterial strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Three metabolites, among four detected, were identified.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Synthèse et Etude de Systèmes à Intérêt Biologique, UMR 6504 CNRS-Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France. Phone: 33 4 73 40 77 14. Fax: 33 4 73 40 77 17. E-mail: amdelort{at}chimie.univ-bpclermont.fr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2004, p. 6315-6319, Vol. 70, No. 10
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6315-6319.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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