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Bacterial reduction of fensulfothion and its hydrolysis product 4-methylsulfinyl phenol

Author(s) -

I. C. Mac Rae,

A J Cameron

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.49.1.236-237.1985

Subject(s) - phenol , klebsiella pneumoniae , chemistry , hydrolysis , bacteria , sulfide , microbiology and biotechnology , phenols , organic chemistry , biochemistry , biology , escherichia coli , genetics , gene

Oxygen-limited cultures of Klebsiella pneumoniae reduced 4-methylsulfinyl phenol to 4-methylthiophenol. A study of the effect of 4-methylthiophenol on the growth of K. pneumoniae revealed that the specific growth rate was retarded by 40% in the presence of 200 micrograms of the phenol per ml. A soil bacterium, Hafnia sp., was isolated that could reduce the organophosphorus insecticide fensulfothion to fensulfothion sulfide.

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