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. 1992 Sep;58(9):2928–2932. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.9.2928-2932.1992

Degradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol by two Rhodococcus erythropolis strains, HL 24-1 and HL 24-2.

H Lenke 1, D H Pieper 1, C Bruhn 1, H J Knackmuss 1
PMCID: PMC183028  PMID: 1444407

Abstract

Two Rhodococcus erythropolis strains, HL 24-1 and HL 24-2, were isolated from soil and river water by their abilities to utilize 2,4-dinitrophenol (0.5 mM) as the sole source of nitrogen. Although succinate was supplied as a carbon and energy source during selection, both isolates could utilize 2,4-dinitrophenol also as the sole source of carbon. Both strains metabolized 2,4-dinitrophenol under concomitant liberation of stoichiometric amounts of nitrite and 4,6-dinitrohexanoate as a minor dead-end metabolite.

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