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Summary: Isolates of 26 fungal species from broiler house litter were screened for their ability to metabolize and methylate 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol over a five-day period, by adding the chlorophenol to cultures after mycelial pellets were established on a complete growth medium. Under these conditions, 99 of the 116 isolates tested metabolized the chlorophenol and 68 of these produced 2,3,4,6-tetrachloro-anisole. The proportion of the chlorophenol methylated to the chloroanisole differed widely with the isolate, even within species. The highest methylation was observed with ; certain other isolates, notably of , metabolized almost all the chlorophenol without forming the chloroanisole. Progress studies with these species suggested that there is more than one route for the metabolism of 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol. In tests with suspensions of mixed bacterial populations from broiler house litter, the chlorophenol was metabolized but no methylation was detected.

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