Abstract
One of the most notable features of strains of Acinetobacter is their ability to grow on a wide range of aromatic compounds. In addition, acinetobacters isolated from natural environments can grow in simple defined mineral media with no requirement for growth factors, so they are clearly synthesising all their own aromatic amino acids and related compounds. This review contains a description of the mechanisms used for the dissimilation of aromatic compounds by Acinetobacter strains; it concentrates on the best-characterised of these pathways, the mandelate pathway, but includes at least outline descriptions of the ways in which many other aromatic compounds are catabolised. In addition, there is a brief summary of the pathways for the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and an indication of the potential competition between these pathways and those for the degradation of aromatic compounds.
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