Stereospecific degradation of phenylsuccinate by actinomycetes.

Toru Matsui, Katsuya Kato, Tomoyuki Namihira, Naoya Shinzato, Hisashi Semba

Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Sembaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan. tmatsui@comb.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Chemosphere 2009 Aug

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Racemic phenylsuccinate was stereospecifically degraded by the actinomycetes PS9 and PS17 isolated from soil obtained from Okinawa Island, Japan. Strain PS9, identified as a Citricoccus sp., preferentially degraded the R-form, while strain PS17, identified as a Microbacterium sp., preferentially degraded the S-form of phenylsuccinate. Analysis of the culture broths of these species with phenylsuccinate as the sole carbon source revealed that benzoic acid was produced as a metabolic intermediate. Benzoic acid was further degraded by strain PS9 with m- and/or p-hydroxybenzoic acid but not o-hydroxybenzoic acid as possible intermediates.

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Toru Matsui, Katsuya Kato, Tomoyuki Namihira, Naoya Shinzato, Hisashi Semba. Stereospecific degradation of phenylsuccinate by actinomycetes. Chemosphere. 2009 Aug;76(9):1278-82