Degradation of Phenol via Meta Cleavage Pathway by Pseudomonas fluorescens PU1

Table 1

Enzyme activities in cell extracts during the degradation of phenol by Pseudomonas fluorescens PU1.

Enzyme assayed	Activity, U	Specific activity (U/mg)
Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase	3 × 10^−3	0.0090
Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase	0.1417	0.429

Specific enzyme activities are expressed in micromoles per minute per milligram of protein.