Table 1 Chemotaxis-linked degradation of environmental pollutants

Simple and/or single-ring aromatic hydrocarbons

Pseudomonas putida F1

Benzene, toluene, trichloroethylene

Meta ring-cleavage

+

[75]

Pseudomonas sp KA

Benzene, toluene, xylene

TOL and TOD pathway

N.C.

[103]

Pseudomonas mendocina KR1

Benzene, toluene, m-xylene, p-xylene

TOL

N.C.

[104]

Pseudomonas putida AY-10

Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene

N.D

N.C.

[105]

Pseudomonas putida mt-2

Succinate, m-xylene

TOL

N.C.

[106]

Pseudomonas putida CCMI 852

Benzene, toluene, xylene

TOL

N.C.

[107]

Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1

Toluene, o-xylene

TOL

N.C.

[108]

Burkholderia fungorum FLU100

Toluene, benzene, mono-halogen benzene

Ortho-cleavage pathway

N.C.

[109]

Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34

Benzene, toluene, o-xylene, p-cymene, 3-hydroxybenzoate, 4-hydroxybenzoate, 3-hydroxyphenylacetate, 4-hydroxyphenylacetate, homogentisate, catechol, naphthalene, and 2-aminophenol

Meta-cleavage pathway

N.C.

[110]

Pseudomonas thivervalensis MAH1

Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene

N.D.

N.C.

[111]

Pseudomonas putida F1

Vanillate, vanillin, 4‐hydroxybenzoate, benzoate, protocatechuate, quinate, shikimate

β-Ketoadipate

+

[87]

Pseudomonas putida Fu1 Pseudomonas sp. strain A3

Furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, furfuryl alcohol, and 2-furoic acid

Aerobic degradation

+

[112]

Nitro-substituents

Pseudomonas putida PRS2000

Benzoate and 4-hydroxybenzoate, 3- and 4-nitrobenzoate

β-Ketoadipate-

+

[113]

Pseudomonas. putida TW3

Pseudomonas sp. strain 4NT

4-Nitrotoluene, 4-nitrobenzoate, aminobenzoate isomers

β-Ketoadipate-

+

[113]

Pseudomonas fluorescens KU-7

2-Nitrobenzoate

+

[92]

Acidovorax sp. strain JS42

2-Nitrotoluene

Dioxygenase ring cleavage

+

[114]

Ralstonia sp. SJ98

p-Nitrophenol, 4-nitrocatechol, o-nitrobenzoic acid, and p-nitrobenzoic acid

N.D.

+

[31]

Pseudomonas sp. strain WBC-3

Para-nitrophenol, 4-nitrocatechol, and hydroquinone

β-Ketoadipate

 +

[88]

Chloro-substituent

Pseudomonas sp. JHN

4-Chloro-2-nitrophenol

N.D.

+

[115]

Pseudomonas sp. JHN

4-Chloro-3-nitrophenol

N.D.

+

[116]

Burkholderia sp. SJ98

2-Chloro-4-nitrophenol and 2-chloro-3-nitrophenol

+

[89]

Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707

Biphenyl, benzoic acid and chlorobenzoic acids

+

[117]

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Pseudomonas putida G7

Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4

Naphthalene

Meta-cleavage pathway

+

[118]

Pseudomonas putida RKJ1

Naphthalene and salicylate

N.D.

+

[119]

Pseudomonas alcaligenes 8A, Pseudomonas stutzeri 9A, and Pseudomonas putida 10D

Naphthalene and phenanthrene

Ortho-cleavage catechol

+

[120]

Kurthia sp and B. circulans

Naphthalene and anthracene

N.D.

+

[121]

Halomonas titanicae strain KHS3

Phenanthrene and phthalate

N.D.

+

[122]

Halomonas sp. KHS3

Phenanthrene, fluorene, naphthalene, phthalate, salicylic acid, Benzoic acid, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid

β-Ketoadipate, homogentisate and gentisate pathways

+

[123]