Degradation of aromatic compounds

Arene oxides can be intermediates in the bacterial transformation of aromatic compounds and initiate rearrangements (NIH shifts) (Dalton et al. 1981 Cerniglia et al. 1984 Adriaens 1994). The formation of arene oxides may plausibly provide one mechanism for the formation of nitro-substituted products during degradation of aromatic compounds when nitrate is present in the medium. This is discussed in Chapter 2. 

Taylor BF, MJ Heeb (1972) The anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds by a denitrifying bacterium. Radioisotope and mutant studies. Arch Microbiol 83 165-171. 

The degradation of aromatic compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols has attracted interest over many years, for several reasons ... 

Several pathways are used for the aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds with an oxygenated C2 or C3 side chain. These include acetophenones and reduced compounds that may be oxidized to acetophenones, and compounds including tropic acid, styrene, and phenylethylamine that can be metabolized to phenylacetate, which has already been discussed. 

Considerable effort has been devoted to the anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. It is important to note that several distinct groups of organisms are involved (a) strictly anaerobic... 

Navarro-Llorens JM, MA Patrauchan, GR Stewart, JE Davies, LD Eltis, WW Mohn (2005) Phenylacetate catabolism in Rhodococcus sp. strain RHAl a central pathway for degradation of aromatic compounds. J Bacteriol 187 4497 504. 

Morasch B, HH Richnow, A Vieth, B Schink, RU Meckenstock (2004) Stable isotope fractionation caused by glycyl radical enzymes during bacterial degradation of aromatic compounds. Appl Environ Microbiol 70 2935-2940. 

Evans WC, G Fuchs (1988) Anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. Annu Rev Microbiol 42 289-317. 

Chambers, C.W., Tabak, H.H., and Kabler, P.W. Degradation of aromatic compounds by phenol-adapted bacteria, J. Water Pollut Control Fed., 35(12) 1517-1528, 1963. 

Gibson, D.T. Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds. Science (Washington, DC), 161(3846) 1093-1097, 1968. 

Thomson RE, Delaney JR (2001) Evidence for a weakly stratified Europan oceans sustained by seafloor heat flux. J Geophys Res 106 12,355-12,365 Tor JM, Lovley DR (2001) Anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds coupled to Fe(III) reduction by Ferroglobus placidus. Environ Microbiol 3 281-287... 

Horowitz A, Shelton DR, Cornell CP, et al. 1982. Anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds in sediment and digested sludge. Developmental and Industrial Microbiology 23 435-444. 

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