Metabolic accumulation of hydrocarbons by Acinetobacter species.
Acinetobacter HO1-N grown on hexadecane as a sole source of carbon and energy was demonstrated to cytoplasmically sequester this hydrocarbon. Cultures grown with hexadecane and heptadecane accumulated intracytoplasmically both hydrocarbons. The accumulation of specific alkanes was non-specific while the oxidation of the pooled hydrocarbon was highly specific. Naphthalene was highly inhibitory to the growth of this microorganism but slowly co-oxidized in the presence of hexadecane.
D000085:Acetates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D000085:Acetates; D000473:Alkanes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D009281:Naphthalenes; C007932:n-hexadecane; C016486:heptadecane