PPT Slide

Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Relative Abundance of Metabolic Products Observed in Enrichment

Cultures fed Mixtures of Toluene and Xylene

methyl- methyl-

Substrate Benzylsuccinate Phenylitaconate Benzylsuccinate Phenylitaconate

Toluene +++ +++ - -

Toluene +

o-Xylene ++++ ++++ +++++ +++++

Toluene +

m-Xylene ++ +++ ++ ++

Toluene +

p-Xylene ++ + +/- -

Unfed - - - -