Engesser, Karl-HeinrichAuling, GeorgBusse, JürgenKnackmuss, Hans-Joachim2012-08-222016-03-312012-08-222016-03-311990371049482http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:93-opus-76433http://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/8032http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-8015The bacterial strain FLB300 was enriched with 3-fluorobenzoate as sole carbon source. Besides benzoate all isomeric monofluorobenzoates were utilized. Regioselective 1,2-dioxygenation rather than 1,6-dioxygenation yielded 4-fluorocatechol and minimized the production of toxic 3-fluorocatechol. Degradation of 4-fluorocatechol was mediated by reactions of ortho cleavage pathway activities. Chemotaxonomic and r-RNA data excluded strain FLB300 from a phylogenetically defined genus Pseudomonas and suggested its allocation to the alpha-2 subclass of Proteobacteria in a new genus of the Agrobacterium-Rhizobium branch.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFluorone , Proteobakterien , Chemotaxonomie570article