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Bacillus subtilis utilized ferulic acid and its intermediates vanillin, vanillic acid, and protocatechuic acid as sole carbon source. The enzymes of the ferulic acid degradative pathway such as deacetylase, vanillin oxidase, vanillate-o-demethylase, and protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase were inducible in nature. Concentration of the inducer profoundly influenced the induction of the enzymes involved in ferulic acid dissimilation.
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Gurujeyalakshmi, G., Mahadevan, A. Dissimilation of ferulic acid byBacillus subtilis . Current Microbiology 16, 69–73 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01588174
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