[Role of emulsification in the process of hydrocarbon absorption by Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells].
Lipophilic biopolymers from the cell walls of saprophytic mycobacteria were shown to stimulate the process of hydrocarbon assimilation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells. This should be attributed to the fact that bacterial peptidoglycolipids emulsify a hydrocarbon facilitating the contact between it and the cells. It has been found experimentally that P. aeruginosa cells growing in the medium with n-alkanes release a factor into the medium. The factor appears to contain peptide chains and is responsible for hydrocarbon emulsification.
D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008055:Lipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
D000473:Alkanes; D008055:Lipids
Rol' émul'girovaniia v protsesse pogloshcheniia uglevodorodov kletkami Pseudomonas aeruginosa.