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DITERMINAL OXIDATION OF LONG-CHAIN ALKANES BY BACTERIA

1963; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 85; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jb.85.4.859-869.1963

1098-5530

A. S. Kester, J. W. Foster,

Microbial Metabolism and Applications

Kester , A. S. (The University of Texas, Austin) and J. W. Foster . Diterminal oxidation of long-chain alkanes by bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 85: 859–869. 1963.—A corynebacterial organism capable of growing in mineral salts with individual pure alkanes as carbon sources produces a series of acids from the C 10 -C 14 alkanes. They have been isolated in pure form and identified as monoic, ω-hydroxy monoic, and dioic acids containing the same number of carbon atoms as the substrate alkane. Oxidation took place at both terminal methyl groups—“diterminal oxidation.” Appropriate labeling experiments indicate that omega oxidation of fatty acids occurs in this organism and that an oxygenation with O 2 occurs.