Utilization of 3-chlorobenzoic acid by a mixed culture of microorganisms

A mixed microbial culture (Acinetobacter calcoaceticus INMI-KZ-3 and Alcaligenes faecalis INMI-KZ-5) completely utilises 3-chlorobenzoic acid (3-CBA), and the liberation of chlorine atoms is 100% of the theoretically possible one. A. faecalis growth in the mixed culture at the account of 2-chloro-cis,cis-muconic acid which is accumulated in the course of 3-CBA metabolism by A. calcoaceticus INMI-KZ-3.