Fig 5.

Inhibitor-specific degradative pathways in bacteria cells. Mechanisms often used by specific enzymes may involve decarboxylation, demethylation, dehydroxylation, oxidation, ring-cleavage, reduction, deacetylation e.t.c. The products formed are often less toxic to cells physiology and could easily be metabolised further to form products such as acetyl and succinyl COA that are easily assimilated by the cells.