Hydrogenation of linoleic acid by a rumen spirochete.
Borrelia sp. B(2)5, when grown in a medium containing [1-(14)C] linoleic acid in an atmosphere of CO(2), was found to hydrogenate linoleic acid to trans-11-octadecenoic acid.
D000818:Animals; D001898:Borrelia / Q000378:metabolism*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002417:Cattle; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D009829:Oleic Acids