title: Subterminal oxidation of aliphatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: Evidence is presented for a catabolic pathway of n-alkane oxidation which proceeds via subterminal oxidation rather than methyl group oxidation.
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000096:biosynthesis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D007659:Ketones / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D007659:Ketones