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Table 7.2 List of bacterial strains that are chemotactic toward various environmental pollutants
Pollutant group
Bacterial strain
Chemoattractants
Comments
Reference
Simple or single ring
aromatic
hydrocarbon
P. putida PRS2000
Benzoate; m-toluate; p-toluate; o-toluate; salicylate;
p-hydroxybenzoate; benzoylformate; b-phenylpyruvate;
salicylate;
DL
-p-hydroxymandelate; phenoxyacetate
[57]
P. putida F1
Toluene; benzene, ethylbenzene; succinate isopropylbenzene;
triflorotoluene (TFT)
Metabolism
[20]
Ralstonia pickettii PKO1
Toluene
[20]
Burkholderia cepacia G4
Toluene
[20]
Azospinillum
strains
Benzoate; catechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene);
4-hydroxybenzoate; 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid; malate
[58]
Rhizobium meliloti
4',7-Dihydroxyflavone; 4',7-dihydroxyflavanone; 4,4'-
dihydroxy-2-methoxychalcone
[59, 60]
Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons
(PAHs)
P. putida G7
Pseudomonas sp. strain
NCIB 9816-4
P. putida RK J1
Naphthalene; Salicylate, Biphenyl
Naphthalene; Salicylate
Metabolism
[35, 44]
[35]
Naphthalene, Salicylate
[36]
Nitroaromatic
compounds
(NACs)
Ralstonia sp. SJ98
p-Nitrophenol (PNP); 4-nitrocatechol (NC); o-nitrobenzoate
(ONB); p-nitrobenzoate (PNB); 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol
(MNP)
2,4-Dinitrophenol; 2,5-dinitrophenol; 2,6-dinitrophenol;
o-dinitrobenzene; m-dinitrobenzene; m-nitrophenol
Metabolism
[22, 25]
Co-metabolism
[33]
Chlorinated
hydrocarbon
P. putida PRS2000
P. putida F1
3-Chlorobenzoate; 4-chlorobenzoate
Trichloroethylene (TCE); Perchloroethylene (PCE)
Dichloroethylene (DCE)
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D)
[38, 39]
[20, 21]
Co-metabolism
R. eutropha JMP123
(pJP4)
[61]
Induced by growing
on 2,4-D
Other compounds
P. stutzeri KC
G. metallireducens
Nitrate, acetate
Fe (III); Mn (IV)
Electron acceptor
Electron acceptor
[52, 62]
[12]
