New Biotechnology 2012-11-15

Efficacy of pentane, toluene, and benzene to support aerobic cometabolism of ethylene dibromide.

Anthony S Danko, Patrícia O Leitão, Matthew F Verce, David L Freedman

Index: New Biotechnology 30(1) , 39-43, (2012)

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Abstract

The ability of pentane, benzene, and toluene to support aerobic cometabolism of ethylene dibromide (1,2-dibromoethane, EDB) was evaluated. A pentane enrichment culture cometabolized EDB, with a transformation capacity of 0.35 μmol EDB/mg biomass (66.2 μg EDB/mg biomass) in the absence of growth substrate. It also cometabolized EDB while actively growing on pentane. However, enrichment cultures grown on benzene or toluene could not cometabolize EDB, with or without their respective growth substrates.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.