Inventors:
Mark V. Haley - Jarretsville MD
Wayne G. Landis - Bellingham WA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC
International Classification:
C12R 105
Abstract:
The present invention is a process of degrading 1,4-dibenz-oxazepine with a icroorganism enzymatically capable of converting the 1,4-dibenz-oxazepine into at least o-nitrophenol which is further converted to catechol. The present invention is preferably carried out using a strain of Alcaligenes denitrificans denitrificans. Additional related compounds which can be degraded with Alcaligenes denitrificans denitrificans include: o-nitrophenol, catechol, and 3-methylcatechol.