Abstract
Resting cells of Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans JW/IU-DC1 growth with pyruvate and 3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenylacetate (3-Cl-4-OHPA) as the electron acceptor and inducer of dehalogenation reductively ortho-dehalogenate pentachlorophenol (PCP); tetrachlorophenols (TeCPs); the trichlorophenols 2,3,4-TCP, 2,3,6-TCP, and 2,4,6-TCP; the dichlorophenols 2,3-DCP, 2,4-DCP, and 2,6-DCP; 2,6-dichloro-4-R-phenols (2,6-DCl-4-RPs, where R is -H, -F, -Cl, -NO2, -CO2, or -COOCH3; 2-chloro-4-R-phenols (2-Cl-4-RPs, where R is -H, -F, -Cl, -Br, -NO2, -CO2-, -CH2CO2, or -COOCH3); and the bromophenols 2-BrP, 2,6-DBrP, and 2-Br-4ClP [corrected]. Monochlorophenols, the dichlorophenols 2,5-DCP, 3,4-DCP, and 3,5-DCP, the trichlorophenols 2,3,5-TCP, 2,4,5-TCP, and 3,4,5-TCP, and the fluorinated analog of 3-Cl-4-OHPA, 3-F-4-OHPA ("2-F-4-CH2CO2- P"), are not dehalogenated. A chlorine substituent in position 3 (meta), 4 (para), or 6 (second ortho) of the phenolic moiety facilitates ortho dehalogenation in position 2. Chlorine in the 5 (second meta) position has a negative effect on the dehalogenation rate or even prevents dechlorination in the 2 position. In general, 2,6-DCl-4-RPs are dechlorinated faster than the corresponding 2-Cl-4-RPs with the same substituent R in the 4 position. The highest dechlorination rate, however, was found for dechlorination of 2,3-DCP, with a maximal observed first-order rate constant of 19.4 h-1 g (dry weight) of biomass-1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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