Benzoate degradation via hydroxylation is an enzyme-catalyzed, bacterial chemical reaction. Benzoate is degraded aerobically and anaerobically. Aerobic degradation forms catechol. Anaerobic degradation forms cyclohex-1,5-diene-1-carbonylCoA. A hybrid degradation forms Acetyl-CoA and Succinyl-CoA.
Potential microbes Scientific name NBRC No. Acinetobacter radioresistens 102413 Acinetobacter sp. 100985 Corynebacterium callunae 15359 Corynebacterium efficiens 100395 Corynebacterium glutamicum 12153 Corynebacterium glutamicum 12168 Cupriavidus metallidurans 102507 Geodermatophilus obscurus 13315 Gordonia aichiensis 108223 Gordonia alkanivorans 16433 Gordonia bronchialis 16047 Gordonia namibiensis 108229 Gordonia polyisoprenivorans 16320 Gordonia rhizosphera 16068 Gordonia rubripertincta 101908 Gordonia sputi 100414 Gordonia terrae 100016 Marinomonas mediterranea 103028 Pseudomonas putida 100650 Rhodococcus opacus 108011 Saccharomonospora cyanea 14841 Saccharopolyspora erythraea 13426 Streptomyces ghanaensis 15414 nite.go.jp/nbrc/mifup/functions/view/id/NFUNC_0017
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