Novel Metabolite of Trichloroethylene in a Methanotrophic Bacterium,Methylocystissp. M, and Hypothetical Degradation Pathway
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
- Vol. 56 (3) , 486-489
- https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.56.486
Abstract
Previously, a new type II methanotrophic bacterium, Methylocystis sp. M (strain M), was isolated in our laboratory [H. Uchiyama et al., Agric. Bioi. Chem., 53, 2903-2907 (1989)]. In this paper, metabolites resulting from the degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by strain M were studied with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Trichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, and a small amount of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol were detected in the water-soluble fraction of the reaction mixture. These results suggest that the conversion of TCE to trichloroacetaldehyde via a CI-shift reaction, followed by the formation of trichloroacetic acid and 2,2,2-trichloroethanol, as well as a spontaneous breakdown of TCE oxide, with subsequent formation of dichloroacetic acid, etc., is involved in the TCE degradation pathway of the methanotrophic bacterium.Keywords
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