Query: NC_012691:2614603 Tolumonas auensis DSM 9187, complete genome Lineage: Tolumonas auensis; Tolumonas; Aeromonadaceae; Aeromonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Isolation: freshwater mud; Temp: Mesophile; Habitat: Fresh water, Mud; Isolation: sediment of freshwater lake; Country:Switzerland. Tolumonas auensis is able to produce the aromatic hydrocarbon tolulene when grown on phenylalanine, phenyllactate,and phenylpyruvate with a separate carbon source. This organism can also produce tyrosines when grown with phenol.
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General Information: Acidovorax sp. JS42, formerly Pseudomonas sp. JS42, was isolated from nitrobenzene-contaminated sediment and is capable of using 2-nitrotolulene as a sole carbon and energy source. 2-nitrotolulene, a nitroaromatic compound, is used in the manufacture of dyes, pigments and explosives. Nitroaromatic compounds, which contain an aromatic ring with one or more nitro groups attached, are a significant contaminant in industrial soils. Acidovorax sp. JS42 degrades 2-nitrotolulene by first removing the nitro moiety producing 3-methylcatechol. The enzyme involved in this process, 2-nitrotolulene dioxygenase, has been purified and characterized.