Phenol is one of the main pollutants that have a serious impact on environment and can even be very critical to human health. The biodegradation phenol considered an increasingly important pollution control process. In this study, degradation by Bacillus simplex was investigated for first time under different growth conditions. Six initial concentrations were used as primary substrate. Culture ...

In this work, we examined the profile of metabolites produced from the doubly para-substituted biphenyl analogs 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl, 4-hydroxy-4'-chlorobiphenyl, 3-hydroxy-4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl, and 3,3'-dihydroxy-4,4'-chlorobiphenyl by biphenyl-induced Pandoraea pnomenusa B356 and by its biphenyl dioxygenase (BPDO). 4-Hydroxy-4'-chlorobiphenyl was hydroxylated principally through a 2,3-diox...