Abstract

A Moraxella sp. capable of growth with p-nitrophenol was isolated from activated sludge. Differential centrifugation of crude cell extracts gave a membrane preparation that oxidized p-nitrophenol to hydroquinone and nitrite. Enzymatic activity was dependent on the presence of oxygen and reduced pyridine nucleotides and was stimulated by the addition of flavin adenine dinucleotide. Experiments with 18O 2 showed that the incoming hydroxyl group was derived from molecular oxygen. The soluble fraction prepared from crude cell extracts oxidized hydroquinone to a product whose spectral properties were identical to those reported for γ-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde.

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