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  • Title: Degradation of fluoranthene by Pasteurella sp. IFA and Mycobacterium sp. PYR-1:isolation and identification of metabolites.
    Author: Sepic E, Bricelj M, Leskovsek H.
    Journal: J Appl Microbiol; 1998 Oct; 85(4):746-54. PubMed ID: 9812386.
    Abstract:
    The findings from a biodegradability study of fluoranthene using two pure bacterial strains, Pasteurella sp. IFA (B-2) and Mycobacterium sp. PYR-1 (AM) are reported. Of total fluoranthene, 24% (B-2) and 46% (AM) was biodegraded in an aqueous medium during 14 d of incubation at room temperature. During this period the bacteria were capable of mineralizing approximately two-thirds (B-2) and four-fifths (AM) of biodegraded fluoranthene to CO2, while one-third (B-2) and one-fifth (AM) of the original fluoranthene remained as stable metabolic products. These metabolites were isolated using liquid-liquid extraction and identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and derivatization techniques. Two metabolites (9-fluorenone-1-carboxylic acid and 9-fluorenone) were identified by GC-MS directly, while the metabolites 9-fluorenone-1-carboxylic acid, 9-hydroxyfluorene, 9-hydroxy-1-fluorene-carboxylic acid, 2-carboxybenzaldehyde, benzoic acid and phenylacetic acid were determined in their derivatized forms. From the identified metabolites, a fluoranthene biodegradation pathway was proposed for Pasteurella sp. IFA.
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