3 Time course of p-coumaric acid degradation with Halomonas sp 3 Time course of p-coumaric acid degradation with Halomonas sp. strain IMPC; ▪, p-coumaric acid; □, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde; ▴, p-hydroxybenzoic acid; ▵, protocatechuic acid. From: Isolation and characterization of Halomonas sp. strain IMPC, a p-coumaric acid-metabolizing bacterium that decarboxylates other cinnamic acids under hypersaline conditions FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2006;255(1):108-114. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00061.x FEMS Microbiol Lett | © 2005 Federation of European Microbiological Societies 1