Mycobacterium sp. YC-RL4 is capable of utilizing a broad range of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) as sole source of carbon and energy for growth. The preliminary studies demonstrated its high degrading efficiency and good performance during the bioprocess with environmental samples. Here, we present the complete genome of Mycobacterium sp. YC-RL4, which consists of one circular chromosome (5,801,41...

The research is aimed at solving an urgent problem of microbiology, that studying bacterial degradation processes persistent environmental pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phthalates. study examined the ability bacteria Micrococcaceae family, isolated from technogenically polluted territories Perm Region, to degrade phthalates: esters ortho-phthalic acid, tereph...

The decarboxylation of phthalic acids was studied with Bacillus sp. strain FO, a marine mixed culture ON-7, and Pseudomonas testosteroni. The mixed culture ON-7, when grown anaerobically on phthalate but incubated aerobically with chloramphenicol, quantitatively converted phthalic acid to benzoic acid. Substituted phthalic acids were also decarboxylated: 4,5-dihydroxyphthalic acid to protocatec...

The chemical compounds present in the essential oil obtained from the flowers of Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. were analyzed by GC-MS technique. More than 95% of the oil consisted of the esters of phthalic acid. Di-isobutylphthalate (>75%), di-n-butylphthalate (>7%), n-butylisobutylphthalate (>6%), butylisohexylphthalate (>3.5%) were identified as major constituents of the essential oil. Monobut...

Esters of phthalic acid are extensively used as industrial solvents and plasticizers in the manufacture of a wide variety of plastics, including food-packaging materials. When administered orally to the rat, the metabolites in urine of a number of phthalate diesters appear as derivatives of the corresponding monoesters (Albro et al. 1973; Albro & Moore, 1974). Further, the most commonly used ph...