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E-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages S474-S480Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2010/364637
Keywords
Biodegradation; Eugenol; Bacillus cereus strain PN24
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- National Center for Cell Science, Pune
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Bacillus cereus strain PN24 was isolated from soil by a conventional enrichment culture method using eugenol as a sole source of carbon and energy. The organism also utilized eugenol, 4-vinyl guaiacol, vanillin, vanillic acid and protocatechuic acid as growth substrates. The organism degraded eugenol to protocatechuic acid, which was further metabolized by a beta-ketoadipate pathway. On the other hand, the intermediate of the eugenol-degrading pathway, such as ferulic acid was not detected in the culture medium as an intermediate, as evidenced by isolation and identification of metabolites and enzyme activities in the cell-free extract. Such a bacterial strain could be used for phenolic environmental clean-up given optimal nutrient conditions.
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