[Fluorene cometabolism by Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Pseudomonas fluorescens]
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A Whole Cell Bioreporter Approach to Assess Transport and Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Water Unsaturated Systems
Published on: December 24, 2014
M A Baboshin1, Z I Finkel'shteĭn, L A Golovleva
1Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
Abstract:
The transformation of fluorene by Rhodococcus rhodochrous strain 172 grown on sucrose and Pseudomonas fluorescens strain 26K grown on glycerol was studied as a function of the substrate concentration and the growth phase. Under certain cultivation conditions, fluorene was completely consumed from the medium. The specific transformation rate of fluorene was considerably higher when it was transformed in the presence of the cosubstrates than when it served as the sole carbon source. An approach to the evaluation of the specific transformation rate of fluorene during batch cultivations is proposed.
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