Partial rapid metabolism of 1,2‐dichloroethane by Methylosinus trichosporium OB‐3b

Abstract
Resting cell suspensions of the soil methylotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB‐3b rapidly dehalogenate ethylene dichloride, but the process stops after one halogen is removed. Work with 14C‐ and 13C‐labeled 1,2‐dichloroethane shows that the biodehalogenation entails a direct hydrox‐ylation of one of the CCl bonds to produce chloroethanol. The latter is rapidly oxidized to chloroacetic acid. The organism does not metabolize this acid on the time scale of these experiments.

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