Bacterial strategies for growth on aromatic compounds.

摘要: Abstract Although the biodegradation of aromatic compounds has been studied for over 40 years, there is still much to learn about strategies bacteria employ growth on novel substrates. Elucidation these crucial predicting environmental fate pollutants and will provide a framework development engineered degradation pathways. In this chapter, we an overview studies that have advanced our knowledge bacterial adaptation compounds. We divided into three broad categories: (1) recruitment catabolic genes, (2) expression “repair” or detoxification proteins, (3) direct alteration enzymatic properties. Specific examples from literature are discussed, with eye toward molecular mechanisms underlie each strategy.