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. 1971 May;122(4):527–531. doi: 10.1042/bj1220527

Bacterial metabolism of 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetate. Formation of glyoxylate by side-chain cleavage

Y Gamar 1,*, J K Gaunt 1
PMCID: PMC1176810  PMID: 5123886

Abstract

Crude extracts of Pseudomonas sp. grown on 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetate as sole source of carbon were shown to oxidize 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetate to 5-chloro-o-cresol and glyoxylate. A labelled 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone was isolated from an incubation mixture in which 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy[carboxy-14C]acetate was used. The hydrazone was shown to behave identically on thin-layer chromatograms with the authentic 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of glyoxylate. Radioactivity assay showed that 82% of the side chain of 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetate was recovered as glyoxylate.

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