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as the metabolism of an organic compound without nutritional benefit for microorganism
occurring in the presence of a growth substrate. The cosubstrate is not assimilated, but the
product of its disintegration may be available as substrate for other organisms of a mixed
culture (Fritsche & Hofrichter, 2008).
5.4.1 VOCs-oxidising microorganisms
The oxidation of volatile organic compounds is performed by many prokaryotic and eukary-
otic microorganisms inhabiting soil and water: Pseudomonas, Xanthobacter, Sphingomonas,
Burkholderia, Alcaligenes, Hypromicrobium, Methylobacterium, Methylosinus, and Paracoc-
cus (Table 5.4). Pseudomonas is the most common genus of bacteria able to ...