Biosynthesis of pyocyanine by a paraffin hydrocarbon-oxidizing strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
A paraffin-oxidizing bacterium, designated as Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATS-14, was isolated from soil samples obtained from the Athabasca "tar sands." This strain utilized kerosene as the only carbon source of energy and produced a high concentration of pyocyanine in the culture medium. Aromatic carbons were not attacked, but C(10) to C(17)n-alkanes were readily oxidized by the pseudomonad and formed pyocyanine. The highest yield of the pigment was obtained from hexadecane and heptadecane.
D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism*; D007648:Kerosene / Q000378:metabolism; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism*
D000473:Alkanes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007648:Kerosene; D010860:Pigments, Biological