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A RECENT communication1 reported the isolation of o-hydroxyphenoxyacetic acid as the main acidic product from the metabolism of phenoxyacetic acid by A. niger, using a replacement culture technique. Since these findings contrasted with our earlier work2 in which both o- and p-hydroxyphenoxyacetic acids had been isolated, it was thought advisable to re-investigate the problem.
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CLIFFORD, D., WOODCOCK, D. Metabolism of Phenoxyacetic Acid by Aspergillus niger van Tiegh. Nature 203, 763 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203763a0
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