Plants, microorganism and decomposition of organic matter are recognized to be the natural sources responsible for contamination of phenolic derivatives in water bodies. Dead plants and animals in water bodies usually release phenolic compounds in water as the phenolic derivatives are components of many aquatic or terrestrial plant species. Few phenolic compounds are formed from amino acids present in hemicellulose of plants under the influence of ultraviolet light irradiation . Phenylalanine which is a precursor for synthesis of phenols in plants is deaminated through phenylalanine ammonia-lysase catalysis and is converted to cinnamate. The obtained cinnamate is then converted to coumaric acid through hydroxylation catalyzed by cinnamate-4hydroxylase. Coumaric acid is the starting material for producing flavonoids, stilbenes and furanocoumarins . As these compounds are stored in roots and leaves, decomposition of dead roots and leaves introduces phenolic derivatives to soil and eventually into water bodies. The metabolic waste of human and other mammals also contains phenol which is produced in the gut of human and other mammals as a result of tyrosine transformation . It is well known fact that microorganism have the potential to degrade naturally occurring substrates into phenolic compounds . Red and green marine algae contain macromolecules of phenolic derivatives . In a study, Max et al. , reported that Debaryomyces hansenii metabolizes ferulic acid to produce 4-vinyl guaiacol, vanillic acid, vanillin and 4-ethylguaiacol. Another study by Shashwati et al. reported Streptomyces sannanensis ability to convert ferulic acid to vanillic acid. All this contributes to contamination of phenol and its derivativities in water system.