Degradation pathway of phenol through ortho- cleavage by Candida tropicalis RETL-Cr1

• Main Authors: Piakong Mohd Tuah, Noor Aini Abdul Rashid, Madihah Md Salleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2009
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19190/1/Degradation%20pathway%20of%20phenol%20through%20ortho.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19190/; http://borneoscience.ums.edu.my/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DEGRADATION-PATHWAY-OF-PHENOLTHROUGH-ortho-CLEAVAGE-BY-Candida-tropicalis-RETL-Cr1.pdf

Phenols and its derivatives are environmental pollutant commonly found in many industrial effluents. Despite being toxic, phenol can be utilized by microbes as carbon and energy sources. The strain utilized up to 3mM phenol as a sole source of carbon and energy. Phenol catabolism was confirmed throu...