… The resulting strains convert toluene into benzoate and further metabolize this compound
through the housekeeping ortho-ring cleavage pathway of the catechol intermediate. Due to …

… -1,2-diol, 3-methylcatechol, 2-methyl muconate and 2-ML were identified as central intermediates
of productive ortho cleavage pathways for toluene metabolism in B. fungorum FLU100. …

… be metabolized by cells previously induced by phenol or m-cresol. We have recently reported
a novel pathway for catabolism of toluene … the productinduced ortho cleavage pathway for …

… toluene. In addition, we report the ability of JS6 to degrade 3-methylcatechol via a meta or a
modified ortho cleavage … that JS62 metabolized 3-MC via a modified ortho cleavage pathway …

… into fatty acids in present study isolates comprises of ortho-cleavage of toluene which has
also been reported in P. putida (Parales and Harwood 1992). Study of enzymes and their …

… , an intermediate of toluene degradation formed through TOL metabolic pathway activity. …
and PbenA on the concentration of toluene in the ortho-cleavage pathway, the response of …

… hydroxylation at the ortho, meta, or para position of toluene, which is … Benzoyl‐CoA is then
metabolized to TCA cycle … to β‐oxidation and ring cleavage. This review compares the details …

… metacleavage pathway are induced by m-toluate or biphenyl, but not by benzoate, which can
be metabolized more efficiently by the ortho-cleavage … Loss of the toluene-xylene catabolic …

… metabolic pathways for the degradation of benzene, toluene, … are then mineralized by either
ortho- or meta-ring cleavage ("lower" … This review will focus on aerobic metabolism of BTEX. …

… culture to toluene, which requires a different metabolic response. The subsequent growth
is attributed to toluene utilisation, which induced both the TOL and ortho-cleavage pathways …