ArticleIndian journal of microbiology2008
Bacterial degradation of phthalate isomers and their esters.
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- Isophthalate:coenzyme A ligase initiates anaerobic degradation of xenobiotic isophthalate.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Microbial Degradation of Naphthalene and Substituted Naphthalenes: Metabolic Diversity and Genomic Insight for Bioremediation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021Review
- An Aerobic Hybrid Phthalate Degradation Pathway via Phthaloyl-Coenzyme A in Denitrifying Bacteria.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2020Article
- Plasticizer Degradation by Marine Bacterial Isolates: A Proteogenomic and Metabolomic Characterization.Environmental science & technology · 2020Article
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- Anaerobic degradation of xenobiotic isophthalate by the fermenting bacterium Syntrophorhabdus aromaticivorans.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoate meta-Cleavage Pathway is Involved in o-Phthalate Utilization in Pseudomonas sp. strain PTH10.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Degradation of diethyl phthalate (DEP) by vacuum ultraviolet process: influencing factors, oxidation products, and toxicity assessment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
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- Characterization and Genome Analysis of a Phthalate Esters-Degrading StrainBioMed research international · 2018Article
- Biodegradation of endocrine disruptor dibutyl phthalate (DBP) by a newly isolated Methylobacillus sp. V29b and the DBP degradation pathway.3 Biotech · 2016Article
- Biodegradation of di-n-Butyl Phthalate by Achromobacter sp. Isolated from Rural Domestic Wastewater.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Newly identified thermostable esterase from Sulfobacillus acidophilus: properties and performance in phthalate ester degradation.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Phthalate isomers and their esters are used heavily in various industries. Excess use and leaching from the product pose them as major pollutants. These chemicals are toxic, teratogenic, mutagenic and carcinogenic in nature. Various aspects like toxicity, diversity in the aerobic bacterial degradation, enzymes and genetic organization of the metabolic pathways from various bacterial strains are reviewed here. Degradation of these esters proceeds by the action of esterases to form phthalate isomers, which are converted to dihydroxylated intermediates by specific and inducible phthalate isomer dioxygenases. Metabolic pathways of phthalate isomers converge at 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, which undergoes either ortho- or meta- ring cleavage and subsequently metabolized to the central carbon pathway intermediates. The genes involved in the degradation are arranged in operons present either on plasmid or chromosome or both, and induced by specific phthalate isomer. Understanding metabolic pathways, diversity and their genetic regulation may help in constructing bacterial strains through genetic engineering approach for effective bioremediation and environmental clean up.
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