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THE utilization of aromatic compounds by micro-organisms for growth in mineral-salts media is well established ; pathways by which such substances are broken down by micro-organisms have been recently reviewed1. A number of micro-organisms can also use halogen-substituted organic acids as growth substrates in mineral-salts media2, the organically bound halogen being liberated as the halide ion during growth. An enzyme preparation, obtained from a pseudomonad grown in the presence of monochloroacetate, has been described3 which catalyses the conversion of monochloroacetate into glycollate and chloride ions.
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ALI, D., CALLELY, A. & HAYES, M. Ability of a Vibrio grown on Benzoate to oxidize para-Fluorobenzoate. Nature 196, 194–195 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196194a0
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