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. 1988 Dec;54(12):3183–3184. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.12.3183-3184.1988

Mineralization of the dibenzothiophene biodegradation products 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene sulfone.

M R Mormile 1, R M Atlas 1
PMCID: PMC204449  PMID: 3146950

Abstract

Dibenzothiophene is degraded to 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene by various bacteria, including a strain of Pseudomonas putida that also forms dibenzothiophene sulfone via an alternate pathway. By using these end products as substrates, mixed enrichment cultures that could degrade 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene sulfone with the formation of CO2 were established.

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