Abstract
The oxidation of aromatic compounds by Pseudomonas aeruginosa S668B2 was an induced
phenomenon.
p-Xylene grown cells oxidized p-methylbenzyl alcohol, p-toluic acid, p-cresol, p-hydroxy-benzyl alcohol, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, p-hydroxybenzoic acid and protocatechuic acid with-out lag.
The strain S668B2 also oxidized benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde and benzoic acid.
The strain did not oxidize, gentisic acid.
The formation of p-toluic acid from p-methyl benzylalcohol and p-methyl benzaldehyde, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid from p-cresol, p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol and p-hydroxybenz-aldehyde were investigated.
The pathway for the metabolism of p-xylene was intensively studied.
