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31P nuclear magnetic resonance studies of effects of some chlorophenols on Escherichia coli and a pentachlorophenol-degrading bacterium

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: A Flavobacterium sp. that mineralizes pentachlorophenol degrades some, but not all, of the other chlorinated phenols. Whole-cell 31P nuclear magnetic resonance was used to compare and observe transmembrane pH gradients and nucleotide pools in the Flavobacterium sp. and Escherichia coli after pentachlorophenol and 3,4,5-trichlorophenol were added to the cell suspensions. The data suggest that those chlorinated phenols which are not degraded by the Flavobacterium sp. may be resistant to degradation because they act as proton dissipators.

Source: Journal of Bacteriology

DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.10.4954-4957.1988

Authors: J G Steiert, W J Thoma, K Ugurbil, R L Crawford

Institution: University of Minnesota

Language: English

Topic: Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Awards: G161044043, G1885211037, NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES OF INTACT CELLS, G7510118988